Changes/Update python-packaging to version 22 plus

Packaging 22+

Summary

Update to a new upstream release of python-packaging contains a breaking change. Since version 23+ upstream removed support for LegacySpecifier and LegacyVersion some packages will break. This is a breaking change and projects are encouraged to adhere to the grammar defined in PEP 508.

Owner

• Name: Tomáš Hrnčiar
• Email: thrnciar@redhat.com
• Name: Miro Hrončok
• Email: mhroncok@redhat.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 38
• Last updated: 2023-01-24
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

>>> # before 22.0
>>> packaging.version.parse("This is a completely random string")
<LegacyVersion('This is a completely random string')>

>>> # after 22.0
>>> packaging.version.parse("This is a completely random string")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "[...]/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/packaging/version.py", line 52, in parse
    return Version(version)
  File "[...]/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/packaging/version.py", line 197, in __init__
    raise InvalidVersion(f"Invalid version: '{version}'")
packaging.version.InvalidVersion: Invalid version: 'This is a completely random string'

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Objectives:

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)