Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Require Python 3 for building QEMU

[Eric Blake]

On 10/13/18 12:02 AM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
> ---

Commit message is sparse; can you do something like commit e7b3af81 
where you call out the availability of python 3 on all the platforms 
that are currently supported per our platforms doc?

> I'd like to do this in QEMU 3.1.  I think it's time to drop
> support for old systems that have only Python 2.
>
> We still have a few scripts that are not required for building
> QEMU that still work only with Python 2 (iotests being the most
> relevant set).  Requiring Python 3 for building QEMU won't
> prevent people from using those scripts with Python 2 until they
> are finally ported.

How much effort is it to complete the porting?

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