+1 nb. We probably also want to set a milestone to get rid of the python2 compatible code completely, if we are going in the direction that drops python2 support in 4.0 and retains the python2 compatible code. In 4.x or 5.0?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:24 AM Ekaterina Dimitrova <e.dimitr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I support the idea, we are not removing python2-compatible code > +1 > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 15:14, Adam Holmberg <adam.holmb...@datastax.com> > wrote: > > > As you may recall, CASSANDRA-10190 [1] introduced Python 3 support for > > cqlsh. This change will be landing in 4.0. In the course of development > and > > discussion spanning years, it was decided to retain support for Python 2. > > In the meantime, Python 2 sunsetted (a year ago [2]). I hadn't seen a > > discussion about whether we intend to carry on support for Python 2, so > I'm > > raising one here. > > > > 4.0 is a major release and we have an opportunity to drop support at this > > milestone. It has been mentioned that it will not be acceptable to do in > a > > minor or patch release, so if it's not done for 4.0, we will need to wait > > for the next major. I do understand that many in the project would like > > majors on a more frequent interval post-4.0, but at this time we don't > know > > when that will be. > > > > I advocate for dropping support ASAP. I expect that users should not be > > inconvenienced by this -- I am not aware of a major distro that has not > had > > python3 for years. Dropping python2 support does not mean that we would > do > > work to rip out python2-compatible code, just that we wouldn't advertise > > support and any package requirements would be adjusted. We benefit by > > removing the need to test multiple runtimes, and we wouldn't be concerned > > with fixing python2-specific issues that may arise on the EOL runtime > [3]. > > > > I look forward to the discussion. > > > > -- > > Adam Holmberg > > e. adam.holmb...@datastax.com > > w. www.datastax.com > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-10190 > > [2] https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ > > [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16400 > > >
