On 19/09/2023 7:30 am, Javi Merino wrote: > This series adds support for setuptools as distutils will be > deprecated in python 3.12. > > Not done for this series: > - Andrew suggested simplifying the code in m4/python_devel.m4[0] and > this is not done yet. > > [0] > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > > Changes since v2: > - These containers used for gitlab ci were missing setuptools in the > previous series and now they have it: > * alpine/3.18-arm64v8 > * opensuse-tumbleweed > * debian/bookworm-i386 > * debian/bookworm-arm64v8 > - These containers used for gitlab ci are being kept without > setuptools to test installations that don't have it: > * centos/7 > * debian/stretch > * ubuntu/trusty > * ubuntu/xenial > * ubuntu/bionic > - Fix commit messages that talked about removing distutils support > as we are keeping it. > - Add my Signed-off-by to all commits > - Clarify in the readme that python's minimum version is 2.7. > - Fold the changes to the ./configure script into the patch that > changes `m4/python_devel.m4`. Create ./configure using autoconf > 2.69. > > Changes since v1: > - Update all containers to have setuptools, as python 3.12 > deprecates distutils in favour of setuptools > - Keep python2's support by falling back to distutils if setuptools > is not installed > - Drop the commit about raising the baseline requirement for python, > as we keep supporting python2 > > v1: > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > v2: > https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/[email protected]/ > > Javi Merino (2): > automation: add python3's setuptools to containers > README: update to remove old note about the build system's python > expectation > > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki (2): > tools: convert setup.py to use setuptools > tools: don't use distutils in configure nor Makefile
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <[email protected]> I'll rebuild the containers and regenerate autoconf.
