From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E23E9A0534; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:42:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB511B53; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:42:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-wm1-f41.google.com (mail-wm1-f41.google.com [209.85.128.41]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC55100C for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:42:01 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm1-f41.google.com with SMTP id s144so4726060wme.1 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:42:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind.com; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :user-agent; bh=tqnia9hZbhF04HDqnu0cKN7bAH3c4djcLgEw0xwRt7w=; b=HMrFqXnePGxsck8l3iTHrGs4Zk7vp3iS6pKPf8Zi+r7+iVCEpXBKqLwP/Xxa9YYqjM 5v8IHh95GgmbVPtBuJcy2EayXuxf3M9uIoiZoUzB00PsjN3Qehcq/OscMGR8/c0Zs4ge s1bOXhenD8sU7m5/TepOkKGFVoBlgC0oh8ZDWfclp+c9feFrOpVWUSFRPOWimSDunFSE bCz4ISlXwNsY/ZQJBAYCx6eYsiPuCWixhF6exvihmz/fAZtkMY4WYQiZissUxnRWARbz 7Gj+Tte4htvUJKA6sGAN7Ko1FtBYuqxCHvSfOK6dZZ9E4/9Zpi3X2+2WBplewJ9BO1Gz /JmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=tqnia9hZbhF04HDqnu0cKN7bAH3c4djcLgEw0xwRt7w=; b=iwRZdz3qPGbkJAMTXX94uMS3C68O+OPWzKnsBNGiGteBSgkY1HYQUl7Z4HcGreFoI4 bXbaPKqsw5uT9Uzd+TY7RNzemA7xxEDwfTBSu2oMKjS7B/pjqexnjhpTLcHwM+EgTNn6 UsIO4HEx29Bgb2QTiopfRgOe6MJOo9Wb0e7JgYk4UZ0+bZ4MpBPkU2T9XiP3R5H8VxC+ UWgAJVVi7DLfD+k/iiPNyoQ/B6AV8uowu+eNF4lZG40mw9hO05p8J3N0XpUx1YTmy8jV sj+ItPss4zCqHFXq/yT077R7Ei+lrWOq5y9bWZXhzfIH64f+z7eRvXMWEsQbXCVxfw+Q zvPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWhmcSuMRzSASBUgq43U5G4PUUkXfuIRf0PuPHnpTJ9HkU+1+9U vLGi2Y8Kwvm8wHC+PgBhBVEv6wW9k6Y= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzSY3pXTsBtjrL3kZz1QzWmpBZa7Uq8K1qnC2glg+liGZ09eQoByBDqXxXlzHpdn/Yji8DvXA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:6085:: with SMTP id u127mr13520144wmb.144.1581514920441; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:42:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from 6wind.com (host.78.145.23.62.rev.coltfrance.com. [62.23.145.78]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g7sm712887wrq.21.2020.02.12.05.41.56 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:41:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:41:56 +0100 From: Robin Jarry To: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20200212134156.jwtbsdkkt4joyu7g@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Subject: [dpdk-dev] Dropping python 2 support X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Hi all, As you may have noticed, Python 2 is officially end-of-life since January 1st 2020. https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ Some projects have already decided to drop python 2 support: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/1ca0323e7c29 https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal https://governance.openstack.org/tc/goals/selected/ussuri/drop-py27.html I figure this may be the opportunity to do the same in DPDK. Does anyone have arguments against this? If not, I am willing to work on the matter. -- Robin