[Sending again since it didn't reach the Python-devel list first time] On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 10:53:12AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:27:47AM +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > > Hey Pythonistas. > > > > The Python standard library distutils module will be removed from Python > > 3.12+ > > > > https://peps.python.org/pep-0632/ > > Annoying, but OK ... > > > As preparatory work, we build all python packages in a Copr repository > > with Python 3.11 sans distutils: > > > > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python-without-distutils/ > > > > I've rebuilt all the failed builds again and also in a control-group copr: > > > > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python-with-distutils/ > > > > 250 packages that failed to build without distuils but succeeded > > with distutils need to be examined and categorized into various > > different groups: > > > > - package uses distutils only if sys.version_info < (3, 12) > > -- this is OK but still fails here > > - package uses distutils unconditionally and the package needs to be fixed > > - package uses another package that uses distutils unconditionally > > and the dependency needs to be fixed > > > > I suspect most of the packages will fail to build with Python 3.12 > > (planned for Fedora 39, change proposal TBD). The python3-setutpools > > package provides a distutils module [^1], so sometimes "simply" > > adding BuildRequires: python3-setuptools might workaround the > > problem. > > ... > > > rjones hivex libdnet libnbd > > I think your testing methodology might have been wrong because we use > distutils in other packages that I maintain, notably: > > https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/master/m4/guestfs-python.m4 > > I'm not sure what could have happened here. The RPM would have failed > to build if the Python bindings had been ./configure-d out. The link > shows libguestfs as "not build yet / Disabled": > > > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python-without-distutils/packages/?page=13 > > but then there's a build which succeeded: > > > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python-without-distutils/build/4906970/ > > and it has Python bindings. (The logs of the build don't seem to be > available.) > > Anyway I'll see if I can fix this upstream as requested. > > Rich. > > -- > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com > virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many > powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top
-- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list Libguestfs@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
