[webkit-dev] Replacing PHP with Python in Layout Tests

[Fujii Hironori]

On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 7:14 AM Jonathan Bedard via webkit-dev <
webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:

> Hello Contributors,
>
> To help reduce the number of dependencies WebKit’s tools have, I would
> like to replace our PHP tests (and resources used by tests) with Python 3
> CGI scripts. I’ve already attempted to convert a few dozen PHP tests and
> resources to demonstrate that this is both possible and that the resulting
> Python is comparable to the existing PHP. Additionally, as advertised in
> Big Sur, PHP is only included for compatibility with legacy software and is
> not recommended.
>
> There are still a few issues to resolve (namely, an issue with Python 3 on
> some of our Windows machines), in the mean time, I want to determine if
> other platforms have any issues with replacing our PHP tests with Python 3.


  BTW, after you finish the task, can we remove Python 2 supports from all
Python scripts? Or, should we keep Python 2&3 support until Mojave support
ends?
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