linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: remove python 3.9 dependency for compiling msm

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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 18:00:26 -0400
From: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, 
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>, 
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>, 
	Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>, freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, seanpaul@...omium.org, 
	quic_jesszhan@...cinc.com, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, 
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: remove python 3.9 dependency for compiling msm

Quoting Jani Nikula (2024-05-08 01:43:56)
> On Tue, 07 May 2024, Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com> wrote:
> > Since commit 5acf49119630 ("drm/msm: import gen_header.py script from Mesa"),
> > compilation is broken on machines having python versions older than 3.9
> > due to dependency on argparse.BooleanOptionalAction.
>
> Is it now okay to require Python for the build? Not listed in
> Documentation/process/changes.rst.
>

I doubt it is ok. Perl scripts have been replaced with shell scripts in
the past to speed up the build process. See commit e0e2fa4b515c
("headers_install.pl: convert to headers_install.sh") as an example.