System Python Stack
Summary
A revisit of the System Python change from Fedora 24. System Python will be a separate stack fo Python packages aimed to provide all necessary dependencies to run and build dnf. In Fedora 27 this will be Python 3.6 (same version as 
python3
Owner
- Name: Miro Hrončok
- Email: <python-maint at redhat.com>
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 27
- Last updated: 2017-06-30
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Benefit to Fedora
With the Modularity effort a minimal stack of Python only needed to run dnf is needed to be part of the Platform. Changing System Python to be a separate stack will allow us to do that.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- identify a list of runtime and build dependencies of dnf
- create a system-python source package
- add a system-python- subpackage to identified list of packages
- switch dnf to use that stack
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
How To Test
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
User Experience
Nothing should change for the user, except a slightly larger amount of packages will be installed on the system.
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
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
- Blocks product? product
If not done on time: Keep dnf running on
If proven not to work as designed: Retire system-python package and remove all the system-python- subpackages. Provide/obsolete system-python- subpackages from their python3- counterparts.
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
