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python3.10 currently requires python-setuptools if rpmbuild is used. Due to a change in RPM generators, this is not needed anymore hence we are removing it.  
python3.10 currently requires python-setuptools if rpmbuild is used. This was needed for RPM generators but since it adapted pyparsing, this is not needed anymore hence we are removing it. We tested this change in [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.10/packages/ python3.10] COPR and it showed us 140 packages affected by this change. To avoid any breakages we plan to do a mass spec update to explicitly BuildRequire python-setuptools.


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Revision as of 07:59, 11 March 2021


python3.10 won't pull in setuptools by default in rpmbuild

Summary

python3.10 currently requires python-setuptools if rpmbuild is used. Due to a change in RPM generators, this is not needed anymore hence we are removing it.

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Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora Linux 35
  • Last updated: 2021-03-11
  • FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
  • Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

python3.10 currently requires python-setuptools if rpmbuild is used. This was needed for RPM generators but since it adapted pyparsing, this is not needed anymore hence we are removing it. We tested this change in python3.10 COPR and it showed us 140 packages affected by this change. To avoid any breakages we plan to do a mass spec update to explicitly BuildRequire python-setuptools.

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