linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: kernel-doc: avoid script crash on ancient Python

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Message-ID: <877bzrxfol.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:57:46 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>, Akira Yokosawa
 <akiyks@...il.com>, mchehab+huawei@...nel.org
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Akira Yokosawa
 <akiyks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: kernel-doc: avoid script crash on ancient Python

Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> Agreed, this breaks more than it fixes.
>
> Python 2.7 reached end-of-life over five years ago. Do we really have to
> cater for ancient stuff? Which actual real world cases do not have
> Python 3+ available? Please just let it go, and see if anyone ever
> notices?

I kind of have to agree.  The only real Python 2 user I know about is
OpenOffice.org, which promises to get off any year now.  Meanwhile, as I
recall, the advice from the Python project is to say "python3" and not
count on bare "python" being available.

jon