Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] perf python: Remove python 2 scripting support

[James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>]

On 01/10/2024 12:22 pm, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 02:26:47PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 06:45:23AM +0200, Ian Rogers wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 3:29 AM Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 12:54:17AM +0200, Ian Rogers wrote:
>>>>> Python2 was deprecated 4 years ago, remove support and workarounds.
>>>>
>>>> Nacked-by: Andi Kleen
>>>>
>>>> I don't see any advantages of breaking perfectly fine existing setups
>>>> for no benefits.
>>
>> Well, I think the benefit is in the maintenance.  The EOL of Python 2
>> was 2020/1/1 [1] and we are targeting this release (v6.13) in 2025.  So
> 
> AFAIK it's still widely used, and supported by third parties. And even
> if not it's not that the python usage in perf needs any external support.
> 
> In Linux deprecation is generally tied to nobody using something
> anymore, and that is clearly not the case here.
> 
>> I think it's reasonable to consider removing Python 2 support now.
> 
> That's code that practically never changes, so I don't see any
> maintenance benefit. I mean it needs to be compile tested / perf tested,
> but Arnaldo's container collection will do that practically
> for free.
> 
> -Andi
> 

630af16 was quite painful to do and was related to supporting both 
python versions, so there is some ongoing cost. If we do this removal we 
could remove that one too. Plus Arnaldo could drop the python2 
containers and get a faster iteration time.

I think I'm neutral to in favor of removing python2 support. People on 
ancient systems would more likely be using an old branch anyway.

James