Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit] python: Drop support for Python 2.

2019-09-12 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 08:42:29PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > This patch proposes to drop support for Python 2 in nbdkit. > > Rather than abruptly drop it everywhere, my proposal is that we point > people to nbdkit 1.14 (the current stable version) if they want to > continue with Python 2

Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit] python: Drop support for Python 2.

2019-09-11 Thread Eric Blake
On 9/11/19 2:42 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Starting with nbdkit 1.16, Python >= 3.3 will be required. > > Python 2 reaches end of life on 2020-01-01: > https://python3statement.org/ > https://pythonclock.org/ > > Debian oldoldstable and RHEL 7 have Python 3.4 and 3.6 respectively, > so it se

[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit] python: Drop support for Python 2.

2019-09-11 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
Starting with nbdkit 1.16, Python >= 3.3 will be required. Python 2 reaches end of life on 2020-01-01: https://python3statement.org/ https://pythonclock.org/ Debian oldoldstable and RHEL 7 have Python 3.4 and 3.6 respectively, so it seems pointless to try to support Python < 3.3 which lacked supp

[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit] python: Drop support for Python 2.

2019-09-11 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
This patch proposes to drop support for Python 2 in nbdkit. Rather than abruptly drop it everywhere, my proposal is that we point people to nbdkit 1.14 (the current stable version) if they want to continue with Python 2 plugins, while gently reminding them of the upcoming Python 2.7 end of life an