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Packaging 22+

Summary

Update to a new upstream release of python-packaging contains a breaking change. Since version 22+ 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.

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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'

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  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
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