On 1/9/19 12:34 AM, Miro Hrončok wrote: > Hi, we've successfully removed Python 2 from default Workstation > installation years ago, today I'd like to see if we could do it in Xfce > Spin as well. > > For those not in the picture: Python 2 ill EOL in 11 months, 22 days [0]. > We are trying to get rid of it as much as possible in Fedora [1][2]. > > Eliminating Python 2 from our defualt installations is an important step > here. > > Today, if I try to uninstall python2 from Xfce spin (rawhide), this is > what gets removed as dependent: > > NetworkManager-openconnect-gnome > blueberry > gnumeric > python2-catfish > system-config-keyboard > system-config-users > > Several others go as no longer needed, mostly python2 libs, but also: > > NetworkManager-openconnect > bluez-obex > bluez-tools > openconnect > wmctrl > > While I doubt the actual usefulness of gnumeric, what bothers me is: > > 1. It seems that the Bluetooth stack is entirely gone. Do we have an > viable alternative?
Oddly, blueberry upstream seems to be python3 already, but our fedora package seems to change to python2 for some reason? I can look into it... or if someone else wants to and submit a PR that would be great! > 2. If openconnect is not needed on Workstation, why is it needed in Xfce? we can drop it, I think we just had it because others did. > > 3. Can we set keyboards/users with some alternatives? system-config-* > still link to fedorahosted as upstream and haven't received an update in > years. They seem pretty upstream dead to me. yep. I'd say drop. > 4. Catfish is Python 3 compatible, but the Fedora maintainer is not [4]. That is pretty sad. I guess I would say drop it from the spin if it's not going to be maintained in a reasonable manner. kevin
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