* [Stable-10.0.2] Revert "Drop support for Python 3.8"
2025-05-28 7:53 [Stable-10.0.2 0/1] Patch Round-up for stable 10.0.2 Michael Tokarev
@ 2025-05-28 7:53 ` Michael Tokarev
2025-05-28 8:00 ` Thomas Huth
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From: Michael Tokarev @ 2025-05-28 7:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Cc: qemu-stable, Michael Tokarev, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé,
Daniel P . Berrangé, Thomas Huth
This reverts commit 3d5b2f81fbc6b96b70271af1820674731a441ff7.
It should not be in 10.0.x branch, since we do support python 3.8
in 10.0.
Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a2f5597fa0..02f1dd2311 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -540,17 +540,17 @@ if test -n "$linux_arch" && ! test -d "$source_path/linux-headers/asm-$linux_arc
fi
check_py_version() {
- # We require python >= 3.9.
+ # We require python >= 3.8.
# NB: a True python conditional creates a non-zero return code (Failure)
- "$1" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (3,9))'
+ "$1" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (3,8))'
}
first_python=
if test -z "${PYTHON}"; then
# A bare 'python' is traditionally python 2.x, but some distros
# have it as python 3.x, so check in both places.
- for binary in python3 python python3.13 python3.12 python3.11 \
- python3.10 python3.9 ; do
+ for binary in python3 python python3.12 python3.11 \
+ python3.10 python3.9 python3.8; do
if has "$binary"; then
python=$(command -v "$binary")
if check_py_version "$python"; then
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ then
# If first_python is set, there was a binary somewhere even though
# it was not suitable. Use it for the error message.
if test -n "$first_python"; then
- error_exit "Cannot use '$first_python', Python >= 3.9 is required." \
+ error_exit "Cannot use '$first_python', Python >= 3.8 is required." \
"Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python."
else
error_exit "Python not found. Use --python=/path/to/python"
@@ -941,11 +941,11 @@ then
fi
if ! check_py_version "$python"; then
- error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.9 is required." \
+ error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.8 is required." \
"Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python." \
"Maybe try:" \
" openSUSE Leap 15.3+: zypper install python39" \
- " CentOS: dnf install python3.12"
+ " CentOS 8: dnf install python38"
fi
# Resolve PATH
diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
index c352a99544..1552b1a704 100644
--- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
+++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Python runtime
option of the ``configure`` script to point QEMU to a supported
version of the Python runtime.
- As of QEMU |version|, the minimum supported version of Python is 3.9.
+ As of QEMU |version|, the minimum supported version of Python is 3.8.
Python build dependencies
Some of QEMU's build dependencies are written in Python. Usually these
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index 764b79ccb2..1fa4ba2498 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ help:
@echo "make check-minreqs:"
@echo " Run tests in the minreqs virtual environment."
@echo " These tests use the oldest dependencies."
- @echo " Requires: Python 3.9"
- @echo " Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3.9'"
+ @echo " Requires: Python 3.8"
+ @echo " Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3.8'"
@echo ""
@echo "make check-tox:"
@echo " Run tests against multiple python versions."
@echo " These tests use the newest dependencies."
- @echo " Requires: Python 3.9 - 3.11, and tox."
+ @echo " Requires: Python 3.8 - 3.11, and tox."
@echo " Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3-tox python3.11'"
@echo " The variable QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS can be use to pass extra"
@echo " arguments to tox".
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ PIP_INSTALL = pip install --disable-pip-version-check
min-venv: $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR) $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)/bin/activate
$(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR) $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)/bin/activate: setup.cfg tests/minreqs.txt
@echo "VENV $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)"
- @python3.9 -m venv $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)
+ @python3.8 -m venv $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)
@( \
echo "ACTIVATE $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)"; \
. $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)/bin/activate; \
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index c48dff280a..cf5af7e664 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ classifiers =
Natural Language :: English
Operating System :: OS Independent
Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+ Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers =
Typing :: Typed
[options]
-python_requires = >= 3.9
+python_requires = >= 3.8
packages =
qemu.qmp
qemu.machine
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ exclude = __pycache__,
[mypy]
strict = True
-python_version = 3.9
+python_version = 3.8
warn_unused_configs = True
namespace_packages = True
warn_unused_ignores = False
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ multi_line_output=3
# of python available on your system to run this test.
[tox:tox]
-envlist = py39, py310, py311, py312, py313
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, py313
skip_missing_interpreters = true
[testenv]
diff --git a/python/tests/minreqs.txt b/python/tests/minreqs.txt
index 6445407ba8..a3f423efd8 100644
--- a/python/tests/minreqs.txt
+++ b/python/tests/minreqs.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# This file lists the ***oldest possible dependencies*** needed to run
-# "make check" successfully under ***Python 3.9***. It is used primarily
+# "make check" successfully under ***Python 3.8***. It is used primarily
# by GitLab CI to ensure that our stated minimum versions in setup.cfg
# are truthful and regularly validated.
#
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/mypy.ini b/scripts/qapi/mypy.ini
index c9dbcec2db..8109470a03 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/mypy.ini
+++ b/scripts/qapi/mypy.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
[mypy]
strict = True
disallow_untyped_calls = False
-python_version = 3.9
+python_version = 3.8
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker
index 59e70a0248..8f0af9ef25 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
python3.11 \
python3.12 \
python3.13 \
+ python3.8 \
python3.9
RUN dnf install -y $PACKAGES
--
2.39.5
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