[webkit-dev] Removing Support for Python 2.5

[Adam Barth]

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Joe Mason <jmason at rim.com> wrote:
> Has there been any thought of moving to "/usr/bin/env python" for systems with python installed in a different path?

Yes.  I'm happy to review any patches that change use to using
"/usr/bin/env python".

Adam


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: webkit-dev-bounces at lists.webkit.org [mailto:webkit-dev-
>> bounces at lists.webkit.org] On Behalf Of Adam Barth
>> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:36 PM
>> To: Rafael Antognolli
>> Cc: WebKit Development
>> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Removing Support for Python 2.5
>>
>> $ /usr/bin/python2
>> -bash: /usr/bin/python2: No such file or directory
>>
>> I have a pretty standard setup, so it looks like that won't work for
>> most developers.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Rafael Antognolli
>> <antognolli at profusion.mobi> wrote:
>> > Hello,  I should have asked on this thread before, but just saw it
>> > now. But since it's in the same topic, what do you think about
>> > changing python scripts from using /usr/bin/python to
>> /usr/bin/python2
>> > ?
>> >
>> > I opened a bug for this some minutes ago:
>> > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71723
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Rafael
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
>> >> Tony: I would recommend upgrading to at least 2.7 on those machines.
>> >> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.2/
>> >>
>> >> I would love to switch us to require 2.7 but such would currently
>> too
>> >> much of a burden on SnowLeopard-based developers.
>> >>
>> >> -eric
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>> I misremembered.  Looking at depot_tools, it seems Chromium only
>> does
>> >>> this on Windows.
>> >>>
>> >>> Looks like we might need to upgrade the Chromium bots to use 2.6.
>> >>> Python 2.5 is super old at this point.
>> >>>
>> >>> Adam
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Tony Chang <tony at chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>>> Are you sure?  This output has references
>> >>>> to System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5.  I
>> also thought
>> >>>> that's why NRWT was slow on the Leopard bots: python 2.5 doesn't
>> have the
>> >>>> multiprocess module.
>> >>>>
>> http://build.chromium.org/p/chromium.webkit/builders/Webkit%20Mac10.5%2
>> 0%28dbg%29%281%29/builds/4090/steps/webkit_tests/logs/stdio
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It may just be a bug that these bots aren't using python2.6.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Yes, Chromium versions its Python independently from the OS.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Adam
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Ojan Vafai <ojan at chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>> > I believe the chromium port always uses 2.6 though, no?
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Nico Weber
>> <thakis at chromium.org> wrote:
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> The chromium port still has a bot that runs tests (but doesn't
>> build)
>> >>>>> >> on
>> >>>>> >> 10.5.
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> Nico
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>> >> > Now that Apple has removed the Leopard build bot (and
>> presumably
>> >>>>> >> > stopped supporting WebKit on Leopard), all webkit platforms
>> I know of
>> >>>>> >> > have Python 2.6 or higher.
>> >>>>> >> >
>> >>>>> >> > My plan is to remove all of our 2.5 supporting code in the
>> next week,
>> >>>>> >> > requiring Python 2.6 or later for WebKit.
>> >>>>> >> >
>> >>>>> >> > Let me know if this will be an issue for you.
>> >>>>> >> >
>> >>>>> >> > Thanks!
>> >>>>> >> >
>> >>>>> >> > -eric
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