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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU |
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Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:59:08 +0200 |
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Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 05:55:27PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> On 15 October 2018 at 17:33, Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> writes:
>> >
>> >> Am 15.10.2018 um 12:02 hat Peter Maydell geschrieben:
>> >> It's easier to port stuff to Python 3 though than making them work with
>> >> both. I think Eduardo's RFC is in part motivated by a patch from
>> >> Philippe that converted something in iotests to work with Python 3,
>> >> passed review and then turned out to break Python 2.
>> >
>> > Seconded. This is not about the cost of maintaining existing
>> > compatibility gunk, it's about the extra effort to first get the
>> > remainder to work with 2 and 3, only to throw away 2 a few months later.
>> >
>> > I propose we permit ourselves to port stuff that isn't essential to
>> > building QEMU straight to 3 instead. This includes iotests.
>>
>> No particular objection, as long as nothing run via 'make'
>> or 'make check' needs Python 3.
>
> Sounds like a good plan for 3.1.
>
> But:
>
>>
>> I also suspect "a few months" is an underestimate. My guess
>> would be we're going to want to keep Python 2 support for
>> at least the next year, maybe two.
>
> Python 2.7 will die in less than 15 months[1]. I really want us
> to stop reviewing and maintaining Python 2 code in QEMU in less
> than 1 year. Preferably in less than 6 months.
Seconded.
> [1] https://pythonclock.org/
1 year, 2 months, 15 days, 17 hours, 1 minute, 36 seconds, and counting.
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, (continued)
Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Peter Maydell, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Kevin Wolf, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Markus Armbruster, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Peter Maydell, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/10/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU,
Markus Armbruster <=
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Peter Maydell, 2018/10/16
Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Christian Borntraeger, 2018/10/15
Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Eduardo Habkost, 2018/10/15
Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU, Christian Borntraeger, 2018/10/15