[oi-dev] The end of python-27

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 24.03.22 um 16:51 schrieb Gary Mills:
> As some of you may know, Nona and I have been working through a list
> of packages that depend on python-27 .  The list was originally
> published by Aurlien Larcher, with a view to the removal of python-27
> from OI.
>
> With the integration of PR #7942, there are only two remaining
> packages:
>
>      developer/gnome/gnome-doc-utils
>      image/editor/gimp
I don't consider removing gimp an option, even if only temporarily. It's
an important package.
We should keep python-2.7 for it and gnome-doc-utils but remove all
other python-2 relics and dependencies.

> In both of these cases, python-2 is deeply embedded in the product,
> and the upstream developers have not completed the conversion to
> python-3 .  Unless the conversion happens very soon, we have little
> choice but to obsolete these two packages, and revive them later when
> the conversion is ready.  If anyone has a better alternative, please
> let us know.
>
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