Am Mi., 24. Feb. 2021 um 19:34 Uhr schrieb Jonas Smedegaard <jo...@jones.dk >:
> severity -1 normal > > Hi Sven, > > Quoting Sven Mueller (2021-02-24 19:02:41) > > /usr/lib/cdbs/waf-unpack is using /usr/bin/python and it's syntax is > > Python 2 only. > > I have no clue what a WAF is, so I didn't spend time trying to fix > > this issue, sorry. > > > > Marking as serious as Python 2.7 is EOL and > > https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal clearly says that packages are > > not allowed to rely on it. > > cdbs also doesn't depend on python-is-python2, which could be argued > > to allow this usage, so it is actually broken in Bullseye. > > Severity serious is appropriate for any packages actually using that > waf-unpack script, but not for CDBS offering that script. > I'd argue that the Python/2Removal doc clearly says that packages must not rely on /usr/bin/python. (And yes, there is a phrase in there particularly for packages needing it for their build process, but cdbs doesn't need it for the build process but to provide functionality for other packages to build.) As such, the bug to fix is in cdbs (don't use Python 2.7). And as far as I understood the discussions, the removal of Python 2 is basically a policy change, so using it would be a policy violation. > At least that's my personal opinion - the CDBS maintainers obviously > have the final say on this...¹ > Well, yes, but I wonder if it is worth even discussing. The script is short enough that someone who knows what it should do can fix it quickly and verify that it still works, faster than this discussion could be resolved :-) > > > - Jonas > > > ¹ I have stepped down as maintainer of CDBS. > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
