Re: [XEN PATCH v3 0/4] python: Support setuptools

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/09/2023 7:30 am, Javi Merino wrote:
> This series adds support for setuptools as distutils will be
> deprecated in python 3.12.
>
> Not done for this series:
>   - Andrew suggested simplifying the code in m4/python_devel.m4[0] and
>     this is not done yet.
>
> [0] 
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/fdf87d82-aa3c-fd2e-6271-848f1a806fb2@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changes since v2:
>   - These containers used for gitlab ci were missing setuptools in the
>     previous series and now they have it:
>     * alpine/3.18-arm64v8
>     * opensuse-tumbleweed
>     * debian/bookworm-i386
>     * debian/bookworm-arm64v8
>   - These containers used for gitlab ci are being kept without
>     setuptools to test installations that don't have it:
>     * centos/7
>     * debian/stretch
>     * ubuntu/trusty
>     * ubuntu/xenial
>     * ubuntu/bionic
>   - Fix commit messages that talked about removing distutils support
>     as we are keeping it.
>   - Add my Signed-off-by to all commits
>   - Clarify in the readme that python's minimum version is 2.7.
>   - Fold the changes to the ./configure script into the patch that
>     changes `m4/python_devel.m4`.  Create ./configure using autoconf
>     2.69.
>
> Changes since v1:
>   - Update all containers to have setuptools, as python 3.12
>     deprecates distutils in favour of setuptools
>   - Keep python2's support by falling back to distutils if setuptools
>     is not installed
>   - Drop the commit about raising the baseline requirement for python,
>     as we keep supporting python2
>
> v1: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/20230316171634.320626-1-marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> v2: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cover.1694450145.git.javi.merino@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> Javi Merino (2):
>   automation: add python3's setuptools to containers
>   README: update to remove old note about the build system's python
>     expectation
>
> Marek Marczykowski-Górecki (2):
>   tools: convert setup.py to use setuptools
>   tools: don't use distutils in configure nor Makefile

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'll rebuild the containers and regenerate autoconf.