[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] python-six: put python2/3 variant together

[Alejandro Hernandez]

On 5/22/2019 7:01 AM, Tim Orling wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:27 AM Alexander Kanavin 
> <alex.kanavin at gmail.com <mailto:alex.kanavin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 13:05, <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
>     <mailto:richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
>
>     > I don't think we need to switch our default, just be able to
>     build say
>     > oe-core without python/python2 in HOSTTOOLS and without needing
>     python
>     > 2.7 in OE-Core either.
>     >
>     > > Its good that project is taking lead here but we might leave many
>     > > users behind.
>     >
>     > I suspect python2 will end up in a layer of its down which I'm fine
>     > with, dependencies can then be clearly seen.
>
>     For what it's worth, Fedora is getting serious about Python 2 removal,
>     and they have a plan for it:
>     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2
>
>     "All packages in Fedora that need Python 2 to run will be removed from
>     Fedora 32 regardless of their dependencies. All packages in Fedora
>     that need Python 2 to build will be removed from Fedora 32 regardless
>     of their dependencies. "
>
>
>
> We have discussed moving meta-python to its own repository (not under 
> meta-openembedded). As part of that move, I am proposing the existing 
> python2 recipes move to a separate (deprecated) layer, as RP mentioned 
> earlier. Then meta-python will become python3 only. We will also move 
> recipetool/devtool to provide python3 (only) support. People that need 
> python2 will very soon have to live with older stable branches. This 
> should not be a surprise.
>
> We also need to do whatever we can with upstream projects that are not 
> feeling an urgency to move to python3. They should likewise not be 
> surprised at the need to switch.


I would agree with this as well.


Cheers,

Alejandro


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