Ben Cotton
2018-11-29 17:24:47 UTC
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NautilusExtensionsPython3
The Python backend for the nautilus-python extension will be updated
from python2 to python3. All Nautilus extensions written in Python
will need to be checked for Python 3 compatibility and updated if
necessary. Extensions compatible only with Python 2 will no longer be
supported.
## Owner
Name: Kalev Lember, Frank Dana
Email: ***@redhat.com, ***@gmail.com
Release notes owner:
## Detailed Description
The nautilus-python package allows Nautilus extensions to be written
in the Python scripting language. In Fedora releases up to and
including Fedora 29, these extensions were executed in a Python 2
environment. With the general move to Python 3 as Fedora's default
Python runtime and the impending deprecation of Python 2,
nautilus-python will execute extension code in a Python 3 context.
Compatibility with Python 3 will be required for all Python-based
Nautilus extensions.
(Note: In Fedora 28 the nautilus-python package was named
python2-nautilus. For Fedora 29 the name has been reverted to
nautilus-python to better indicate its status as a Nautilus
component.)
## Benefit to Fedora
In addition to eliminating nautilus-python's direct dependency on
Python 2, this change will remove all Python-based Nautilus extensions
from the list of Fedora components which still require the legacy
Python 2 interpreter (which has been deprecated, and is slated for
removal). It will allow us to ensure that all Python-based Nautilus
extensions still in use are fully compatible with Python 3.
## Scope
Proposal owners: Build nautilus-python with Python 3 support and deploy.
Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
## Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
## How To Test
Launch the Nautilus file manager and verify that any functionality
provided by Python-based extensions is still available.
## User Experience
As long as Python 3 compatibility is verified for all Nautilus Python
extensions, users will see no impact from this change. If any
extensions are not compatible with Python 3 and must be removed, users
may notice loss of certain functionality from Nautilus.
## Dependencies
Any Nautilus extensions which use nautilus-python will have to be
checked for Python 3 compatibility. Repackaging should not be
necessary, as the nautilus-python dependency Required by those
packages will be carried forward to Python 3 builds.
The list of packages in the Fedora 29 repos which depend on
nautilus-python is, as of 2018-11-08:
kde-connect-nautilus
nautilus-font-manager
nautilus-pastebin
nautilus-phatch
nextcloud-client-nautilus
nitroshare-extension-nautilus
onionshare
owncloud-client-nautilus
qdigidoc-nautilus
rabbitvcs-nautilus
tilix-nautilus
tortoisehg-nautilus
## Contingency Plan
Continue shipping builds of nautilus-python based on Python 2.
--
Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
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The Python backend for the nautilus-python extension will be updated
from python2 to python3. All Nautilus extensions written in Python
will need to be checked for Python 3 compatibility and updated if
necessary. Extensions compatible only with Python 2 will no longer be
supported.
## Owner
Name: Kalev Lember, Frank Dana
Email: ***@redhat.com, ***@gmail.com
Release notes owner:
## Detailed Description
The nautilus-python package allows Nautilus extensions to be written
in the Python scripting language. In Fedora releases up to and
including Fedora 29, these extensions were executed in a Python 2
environment. With the general move to Python 3 as Fedora's default
Python runtime and the impending deprecation of Python 2,
nautilus-python will execute extension code in a Python 3 context.
Compatibility with Python 3 will be required for all Python-based
Nautilus extensions.
(Note: In Fedora 28 the nautilus-python package was named
python2-nautilus. For Fedora 29 the name has been reverted to
nautilus-python to better indicate its status as a Nautilus
component.)
## Benefit to Fedora
In addition to eliminating nautilus-python's direct dependency on
Python 2, this change will remove all Python-based Nautilus extensions
from the list of Fedora components which still require the legacy
Python 2 interpreter (which has been deprecated, and is slated for
removal). It will allow us to ensure that all Python-based Nautilus
extensions still in use are fully compatible with Python 3.
## Scope
Proposal owners: Build nautilus-python with Python 3 support and deploy.
Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
## Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
## How To Test
Launch the Nautilus file manager and verify that any functionality
provided by Python-based extensions is still available.
## User Experience
As long as Python 3 compatibility is verified for all Nautilus Python
extensions, users will see no impact from this change. If any
extensions are not compatible with Python 3 and must be removed, users
may notice loss of certain functionality from Nautilus.
## Dependencies
Any Nautilus extensions which use nautilus-python will have to be
checked for Python 3 compatibility. Repackaging should not be
necessary, as the nautilus-python dependency Required by those
packages will be carried forward to Python 3 builds.
The list of packages in the Fedora 29 repos which depend on
nautilus-python is, as of 2018-11-08:
kde-connect-nautilus
nautilus-font-manager
nautilus-pastebin
nautilus-phatch
nextcloud-client-nautilus
nitroshare-extension-nautilus
onionshare
owncloud-client-nautilus
qdigidoc-nautilus
rabbitvcs-nautilus
tilix-nautilus
tortoisehg-nautilus
## Contingency Plan
Continue shipping builds of nautilus-python based on Python 2.
--
Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
_______________________________________________
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