[Slackbuilds-users] Python (Again!)

[Robby Workman]

We are still in the "we don't know yet" phase of this. 
We will update everyone with a definitive answer once 
arrive at one :-)

-RW


On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:00:14 -0400
"Barry J. Grundy" <bgrundy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know this has come up before and perhaps been answered and I've
> also read through the related threads on LQ, but I still have not
> seen a definitive answer (if there is one):
> 
> Since python2 is EOL and -current/15 ships with python3, is it good 
> practice now to build python packages with python3 by default?  If
> so, then what's the best way to handle the multiple versions?  This 
> discussion was had on the list back in Feb of '19, but I don't see 
> anything definitive.
> 
> For example, I maintain dpkt.  The version in the -current (ponce's) 
> repo works, but I have an update ready to go when submissions open 
> again.  Right now dpkt builds for python2. Here's my question:
> 
> My "ready to go" update switches to python3 by default and uses a 
> "PYTHON2=yes" option to build python2 modules if the user wants.
> Would it be better to create python3-dpkt and leave the dpkt script
> at python2?  I see it both ways in the 14.2 repo.
> 
> Another probably better example is distorm, which is a requirement
> for volatility (which is python2 only).  volatility3 is a separate
> re-write for python3 with different prerequisites (and I already have
> a slackbuild to submit for that when things open again).  So for 
> volatility it makes sense to leave distorm as is.  I can submit a 
> separate python3-distorm script when I submit volatility3.
> 
> Perhaps with the submissions freeze it would be a good time to either 
> separate the scripts or at least decide on a "best practice".  My 
> apologies if I'm simply kicking a dead horse here.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Barry
> 
> 
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