Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: remove PYTHON variable | Date | Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:38:33 -0700 |
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Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> writes:
> Python retired in 2020, and some distributions do not provide the > 'python' command any more. > > As in commit 51839e29cb59 ("scripts: switch explicitly to Python 3"), > we need to use more specific 'python3' to invoke scripts even if they > are written in a way compatible with both Python 2 and 3. > > This commit removes the variable 'PYTHON', and switches the existing > users to 'PYTHON3'. > > BTW, PEP 394 (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/) is a helpful > material. > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
So this will have the effect of making the docs build impossible for folks who only have Python 2. As I said before, this is a step that we knew was coming, we just hadn't decided on the exact timing - I guess this decides for us :)
That said, I'll copy linux-doc to see if anybody screams. I assume this is a 5.12 change?
Thanks,
jon
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