Re: [RFC PATCH v2 02/10] tests: add python3-venv dependency

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>]

On 14/4/23 07:54, John Snow wrote:
> Several debian-based tests need the python3-venv dependency as a
> consequence of Debian debundling the "ensurepip" module normally
> included with Python.
> 
> As mkvenv.py stands as of this commit, Debian requires EITHER:
> 
> (A) setuptools and pip, or
> (B) ensurepip
> 
> mkvenv is a few seconds faster if you have setuptools and pip, so
> developers should prefer the first requirement. For the purposes of CI,
> the time-save is a wash; it's only a matter of who is responsible for
> installing pip and when; the timing is about the same.
> 
> Arbitrarily, I chose adding ensurepip to the test configuration because
> it is normally part of the Python stdlib, and always having it allows us
> a more consistent cross-platform environment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> ---
>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-all-test-cross.docker | 3 ++-
>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker  | 3 ++-
>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker  | 3 ++-
>   tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker  | 3 ++-
>   4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>