2015-01-04 16:37 GMT+01:00 Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]>: > > > On Jan 4, 2015, at 4:22 AM, Crispin Boylan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 03/01/15 17:39, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I'd really like to see rpm's python bindings ported to python 3, > preferably in time before a new cooker based release... > >> > >> I personally have my hands busy with other matters, while I consider it > a fairly easy enough job to be done by anyone with average C and Python > experience, while rpm.org <http://rpm.org> has already ported their forks > python bindings, together with what's likely quite a few enhancements and > fixes as well if anyone feel like merging more of changes from... > >> > >> Especially related due to the adoption of embedded python interpreter > support in rpm, it would be very convenient, very so considering there's > still some flakiness with... > >> > >> Any takers? Crispin perhaps? :o) > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Per Øyvind > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OM-Cooker mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://ml.openmandriva.org/listinfo.cgi/om-cooker-openmandriva.org > > Hi Per Oyvind > > > > yes, sure I can take a look at this. > > > > The python3 port of rpm-python was done back in September. > Ah, k, so this is already available from cvs and will be available in rpm-5.4.16 then?
> > There are far more complex issues than the port to python3 when > one considers interoperability with …. WHAT? > > Many return codes — particularly errors — have been changed, > introducing lots of difficult to debug tracebacks. > > And the obvious candidate for using rpm-python — yum — > has 3 levels of subclassing on an rpm transaction set, all in python, > to provide compatibility with ancient RHEL/CentOS releases. > > yum developers have publicly categorically rejected any/all patches for > rpm5 > compatibility as well. > Well, we'll just have to take our chances then and fix whatever needs to be fixed to reach satisfaction. :o) > > *shrug* Good luck! > Thx, you make it sound as if we're gonna need it. ;) -- Regards, Per Øyvind
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