On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 09:27:17AM +0200, Robin Jarry wrote:
> Hi Louise,
>
> 2020-05-22, Louise Kilheeney:
> > This patch set converts all python scripts in the project to use
> > python3 only. This is due to python2 being EOL in January 2020.
> >
> > One script not tested: ./config/arm/armv8_machine.py
> >
> > Louise Kilheeney (9):
> > app/test-bbdev: support python3 only
> > usertools/dpdk-devbind: support python3 only
> > usertools/dpdk-telemetry-client: support python3 only
> > usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo: support python3 only
> > usertools/cpu_layout: support python3 only
> > app/test-cmdline: support python3 only
> > app/test: support python3 only
> > devtools: support python3 only
> > config/arm: support python3 only
>
> How did you test your changes?
>
> Also, I had understood that python 2 support would not be dropped before
> 20.11: http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-February/157793.html
>
> Did I miss something?
>
The 20.11 was just a suggestion from me, but I'm not sure it was ever
definitively agreed upon. I'd be ok with removing python2 support in either
20.08 or deferring to 20.11. I don't think the patches would be different
no matter what release it being targetted. :-)
Is there a particular concern around removing python2 support? I thought
all linux distros now have python3, and many are stopping installing
python2 by default also.
