Attachment 14847 Details for Bug 13785 – Update WHATSNEW for 4.10

[patch] Update WHATSNEW for 4.10

WHATSNEW-python2-patch.tx (text/plain), 3.07 KB, created by Tim Beale on 2019-02-15 01:24:23 UTC

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>From bc8f4259eefd2888067cb3e3ef1ef7fb04f3805e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Tim Beale <timbeale@catalyst.net.nz>
>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:28:29 +1300
>Subject: [PATCH] WHATSNEW: Add note that python2 support will be dropped on
> v4.11
>
>Add a warning to Samba users that v4.10 will be the last Samba release
>with python2 support.
>
>I've reworked the existing text describing the different python2 build
>options for 4.10. Hopefully this makes it slightly clearer.
>
>BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13785
>
>Signed-off-by: Tim Beale <timbeale@catalyst.net.nz>
>---
> WHATSNEW.txt | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
>index 8bbb1fd..efbcb17 100644
>--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
>+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
>@@ -87,23 +87,38 @@ exceeded Samba drops new connections immediately.
> python3 support
> ---------------
> 
>-The version of python which is now the default for samba is python3.
>-'configure' & 'make' will execute using python3. It is possible to still
>-specify an additional python version with '--extra-python'
>-e.g. '--extra-python=/usr/bin/python2'. It should be noted that support for
>-this option will be deprecated in a future release.
>-
>-What if I need to build with python2? To build with python2 you *must* set
>-the 'PYTHON' environment variable to override the python3 default for both
>-'configure' and 'make' steps.
>-
>-   'PYTHON=python2 ./configure.developer'
>-&
>+This is the first release of Samba which has full support for Python 3.
>+Samba 4.10 still has support for Python 2, however, Python 3 will be used by
>+default, i.e. 'configure' & 'make' will execute using python3.
>+
>+To build Samba with python2 you *must* set the 'PYTHON' environment variable
>+for both the 'configure' and 'make' steps, i.e.
>+   'PYTHON=python2 ./configure'
>    'PYTHON=python2 make'
>+This will override the python3 default.
>+
>+Alternatively, it is possible to produce Samba Python bindings for both
>+Python 2 and Python 3. To do so, specify '--extra-python=/usr/bin/python2'
>+as part of the 'configure' command. Note that python3 will still be used as
>+the default in this case.
>+
>+Note that Samba 4.10 supports Python 3.4 onwards.
>+
>+Future Python support
>+---------------------
>+
>+Samba 4.10 will be the last release that comes with full support for
>+Python 2. Unfortunately, the Samba Team doesn't have the resources to support
>+both Python 2 and Python 3 long-term.
>+
>+Samba 4.11 will not have any runtime support for Python 2. This means if
>+you use Python 2 bindings it is time to migrate to Python 3 now.
>+
>+If you are building Samba using the '--disable-python' option (i.e. you're
>+excluding all the run-time Python support), then this will continue to work
>+on a system that supports either python2 or python3.
> 
>-Note: Support for python2 (with the exception of a build configured with
>-      'PYTHON=python2 ./configure --disable-python' and built with
>-      'PYTHON=python2 make') will be deprecated in the next release.
>+Also note that Samba 4.11 will most likely only support Python 3.6 onwards.
> 
> JSON logging
> ------------
>-- 
>2.7.4
>

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