Re: Cant install Cygwin Virt-manager that asks for library that asks for python2

[Adam Dinwoodie <adam@dinwoodie.org>]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 06:33, Bill Sharp via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 22:58, Jānis Ķengurs via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I wanted to use some KVM or Qemu or something on linux and windows that can
> > fast open iso files for testing
> > Downloaded on  Windows 10
> > Here shows what depends on this install, but does it select all files it
> > needs?
> > https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/virt-manager.html
> > Cant install Cygwin Virt-manager that asks for library that asks for
> > python2
> > The error is weird- suggest to unselect, but people might not read, instead
> > error should open to install separate if need to install it seperate
> >
> > I selected that library also but now instllation for both files asking for
> > python2
> > Problem 1/2
> > nothing provides python2 needed by python2-libvirt-4.2.0-1
> > Solution 1/1 (default)
> >   - do not ask to install python2-libvirt-4.2.0-1
> > Problem 2/2
> > nothing provides python2 needed by virt-manager-1.5.1-2
> > Solution 1/1 (default)
> >   - do not ask to install virt-manager-1.5.1-2
> >
> > BB
> > Save a tree. Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really necessary.
> > ᐧ
> >
>
> Python2 was removed in July, and per Jon's announcement it was expected
> this would break some orphaned packages:
>
> https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2023-July/011186.html

And having just had a look, it's not going to be straightforward to
release virt-manager for Python3: it has several dependencies,
including Gtk3, that are themselves not currently available for
Cygwin.

Volunteers to get that working would likely be well received! Package
maintainer basics are at http://www.cygwin.com/packages.html, although
I expect the key job would be getting the current code building on
Cygwin; once it's built and working, the packaging steps are much more
straightforward…