[Freeipa-devel] Heads up: Samba considering port to Python 3

[Martin Kosek]

On 12/08/2014 12:52 PM, Petr Viktorin wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm slowly starting the work to port Samba's bindings to Python 3, and since
> FreeIPA depends on them, this is relevant here.
> 
> Currently the consensus on the Samba list seems to be that support for Python 2
> will be dropped shortly after the port. If that happens in Samba 4.3, this
> would give us about a year to port FreeIPA and all its dependencies.
> 
> Keep in mind that this is a very early heads-up. Samba build infrastructure
> improvements seem inevitable, and if the needed changes end up trivial enough,
> perhaps Samba can reconsider supporting both Python versions for some longer time.
> 

FYI, related discussion:

https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2014-December/104223.html

Martin