10.04.2018, 23:38, "Michael Catanzaro" <mcatanz...@igalia.com>: > Hi, > > python2 end of life is January 1, 2020. But even before then, we'll need to > make WebKit work in environments without python2 available, because it's not > going to be present in the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux > Enterprise, and its fate in community distros like Fedora (where it is being > orphaned by the maintainers, and at risk of removal) is looking questionable > at best. > > So we have basically two options: > > * Require python3 and port our python scripts from python2 to python3 > * Make our scripts support both major versions of python simultaneously > > The later would be quite a pain, because developers using python2 are sure to > break developers using python3, and vice-versia.
Adding pylint --py3k to style checker could prevent such breaks > But my understanding is that python3 is not readily-available on Macs, so > that might be what we need to do if Apple wants to stick with python2. > , > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
