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Python 3 for Critical Components

Summary

The Python components at the very heart of Fedora have been migrated from Python 2 to Python 3. This includes the system installer (anaconda) and the updater (yum).

Owner

• Name: Dave Malcolm

• Email: <dmalcolm@redhat.com>

Current status

• Targeted release: [[Releases/<number> | Fedora <number> ]]
• Last updated: 2010-11-17
• Percentage of completion: 0%

Detailed Description

Fedora's installer, Anaconda, and update tools (yum) are implemented in Python. Migrating them from Python 2 to Python 3 requires them both to be migrated together, along with any modules they use. It also requires all yum plugins to be migrated.

This is a big task, and may take several Fedora releases to accomplish, laying the groundwork in, say, Fedora 15 by porting some of the dependencies, and eventually "flicking the switch" in a later release (say, Fedora 16)

TODO: create huge tracker bug covering the various dependencies

TODO: who is to do this work?

TODO: do each of the upstreams want to do this? anaconda? yum? how will each one do it?

Scope

• Anaconda
• pyparted
• yum
• pykickstart
• pygobject3
• python-pyblock
• python-urlgrabber
• python-nose
• rpm-python
• python-meh
• python-babel
• libuser-python
• newt-python
• python-cryptsetup
• dbus-python
• cracklib-python
• python-bugzilla
• python-nss
• pytz
• libselinux-python

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