+1 (nb) for dropping support for python2; I agree 4.0 major release is a good time to do this, given python2 is already EOL.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 2:00 PM Yifan Cai <yc25c...@gmail.com> wrote: > +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 > > > > > >
