Dropping python2.7 from diskimage-builder

Mark Goddard mark at stackhpc.com
Tue May 19 07:13:26 UTC 2020


On Mon, 18 May 2020 at 16:56, Iury Gregory <iurygregory at gmail.com> wrote:
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> @Pierre, I think we can change stable branches in bifrost to use a specific tag from diskimage-builder and the problem would be solved =)

I would urge caution over dropping Python 2 from branchless projects.
We tried it for Tenks, and within weeks had created a branch from the
last release supporting Python 2 for bug fixes.

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> Em seg., 18 de mai. de 2020 às 17:28, Pierre Riteau <pierre at stackhpc.com> escreveu:
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>> This might break bifrost stable branches, as bifrost uses DIB from master by default, even for older releases.
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>> On Mon, 18 May 2020 at 15:41, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:
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>>> Heya,
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>>> I just pushed up:
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>>>   https://review.opendev.org/728889 Drop support for python2
>>>
>>> Which drops support for installing diskimage-builder using python2. It doesn’t drop support for in-image python2, that would be a whole different story. It seems that since the two largest DIB users, OpenStack and Zuul, are both now python3 only, it’s a safe move to make.
>>>
>>> IBM PowerKVM CI is running third-party CI with python2-based tests. We should probably either update those or just drop it?
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>> Monty
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