From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B642CA9EA9 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 069352089C for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:15:49 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 069352089C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:46084 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLZbB-0003Ac-2Q for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:15:49 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52799) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLZaN-0002az-Lf for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:15:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLZaL-0002GY-SM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:14:59 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57602) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLZaJ-0002En-H7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:14:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F5A789F2BE; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:14:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (ovpn-116-20.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.116.20]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2266161F21; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:14:49 -0300 From: Eduardo Habkost To: John Snow Subject: Re: [PATCH] configure: Require Python >= 3.5 Message-ID: <20191018211449.GR4084@habkost.net> References: <20191016224237.26180-1-ehabkost@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.68]); Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:14:53 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , Peter Maydell , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Cleber Rosa Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 05:07:36PM -0400, John Snow wrote: > > > On 10/16/19 6:42 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote: > > Python 3.5 is the oldest Python version available on our > > supported build platforms, and Python 2 end of life will be 3 > > weeks after the planned release date of QEMU 4.2.0. Drop Python > > 2 support from configure completely, and require Python 3.5 or > > newer. > > > > Which distributions constrain us to 3.5 right now? I know Debian9 is one > of them, but I'm not sure what others exist. > > I know I went through and checked a month ago, but I'm very smart and > didn't write it down. > > It might be nice to document (somewhere) so we know when we can require > something newer than 3.5 at the next major deprecation event. I've summarized the release dates and Python version information I could find here: https://wiki.qemu.org/Supported_Build_Platforms > > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost > > > Reviewed-by: John Snow Thanks! -- Eduardo