From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gateway24.websitewelcome.com (gateway24.websitewelcome.com [192.185.51.35]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 550AF398792C for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:04:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 550AF398792C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=tom@tromey.com Received: from cm14.websitewelcome.com (cm14.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.7]) by gateway24.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A23EAC014 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:03:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id IxJskRvGBBD8bIxJskfwPg; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:03:40 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=v9bAGST6RZtGkVLIceC8y8OTXB9J6ncNeWOMA5IN4pc=; b=gbTONhQdtYdu245xpkOV4gpW7A bYV+zEo+GXiwfXt0X64wtttJTkCusk7HMkK4KZaKgbrga2Ad6QUU0qO+141lgvVH2T0apunZgc1nC WFJpnbSljE9FCKzZLbry/eWzm; Received: from 75-166-120-119.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.120.119]:46886 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1kIxJr-003YYF-Px; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:03:39 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Andrew Burgess Cc: Joel Brobecker , Paul Koning , Tom Tromey , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Proposal to remove Python 2 support References: <87sgbiahur.fsf@tromey.com> <3415E02F-C35C-4C72-8C9A-C141E024F3AC@comcast.net> <1600210499.574691995@f12.my.com> <20200916130013.GC5797@adacore.com> <20200916135312.GB3030@embecosm.com> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:03:37 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20200916135312.GB3030@embecosm.com> (Andrew Burgess's message of "Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:53:12 +0100") Message-ID: <87pn6k72ty.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 75.166.120.119 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1kIxJr-003YYF-Px X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 75-166-120-119.hlrn.qwest.net (murgatroyd) [75.166.120.119]:46886 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 4 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3026.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, RCVD_IN_ABUSEAT, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:04:26 -0000 Andrew> I think once distros start to drop Python 2 then there's a really good Andrew> argument that GDB should drop Python 2 also, but before then we need Andrew> to go in with our eyes open, if the distros still ship Python 2 then Andrew> users might be annoyed if they have to rewrite their scripts. At least Ubuntu and Fedora ship a gdb that is linked against Python 3. I didn't check the dates, but Joel said Ubuntu has done this since 18.04 (2.5 years ago). Tom