Re: [yocto] [OE-core] Let me tell you how I really feel. Zero filter. If you need meta-python2, you need to become a maintainer. Immediately. Period.

["Khem Raj" <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On 10/22/20 2:36 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
> There were only a few changes needed between dunfell and gatesgarth to 
> keep it building and I feel guilty for sending half of them - and 
> pinging you on FB :).
> 
> I don't have interest in python2, but it's still used by quite a few 
> components included in other layers are care about (e.g. qtwebengine in 
> meta-qt5, chromium in meta-browser - 
> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=942720 
> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=942720> is still 
> quite far from finished) and at LGE we maintain meta-ros 
> https://github.com/ros/meta-ros <https://github.com/ros/meta-ros> which 
> contains support for ROS 1 Melodic which is usually used with python2 
> and support ends May 2023 (together with Ubuntu Bionic it's usually used 
> with: http://wiki.ros.org/Distributions 
> <http://wiki.ros.org/Distributions> - just today I've separated 
> meta-ros-python2 layer with python2 recipes which disappeared from 
> oe-core in warrior and were never re-introduced in meta-python2 (like 
> nose and numpy).
> 
> If you're looking for someone just keeping it buildable, then you can 
> sign me up. If it gets more annoying to maintain in future we can also 
> split it for pythonnative.bbclass and python recipe itself - to keep 
> just the bare minimum of recipes which are actively being used without 
> all the other junk.

minimum is better.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:48 AM Tim Orling <ticotimo@gmail.com 
> <mailto:ticotimo@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I have absolutely no need for python2, I made this abundantly clear
>     when I created the meta-python2 layer.
> 
>     If you depend upon continuing support of python2 via the
>     meta-python2 layer, this is your call to arms.
> 
>     I was originally intending to abdicate any support after the 3.1
>     "dunfell" release, but managed to somehow continue supporting it
>     into the crest of the 3.2 "gatesgarth" release.
> 
>     I will stop all support and actively refuse lo respond to any emails
>     and this layer will be dead and I have zero care in the world that
>     it stops being useful. I do not use it. I do not depend upon it. You
>     are not paying me to do this. You cannot pay me enough to do this.
>     Period. Support yourself.
> 
>     If this is not clear enough, I am happy to have a virtual video call
>     with you that you will not like.
> 
>     --moto-timo
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