On 28/08/2026 7:35 pm, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM Guillaume Tucker<[email protected]> wrote:
It states Python 3.9 which was already older than the 3.10 minimum
set when the container tool was merged. Also my understanding is
that it's not a hard requirement for all the kernel tools, only for
building and producing a functioning kernel. If I misunderstood this
I didn't check at the moment, but at least back when the "(optional)"
tag was removed, it was only required for certain configurations from
what I understand (I am not sure why the tag was removed).
See "bc20c56e98e0 docs: changes: better document Python needs"
Also it's explained briefly in the docs here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/changes.html#python
So I guess that if it's needed for at least one build configuration,
then it's not optional anymore.
Guillaume
