[mythtv] Is MythTV ready for Python 3.9?

[Bill Meek]

On 5/28/20 11:49 AM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:16 PM Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Python on Fedora Rawhide is being updated to 3.9 as we speak.
>>
>> I don't have a good way to test this until it's in the stable repository since I'm still not allowed to build MythTV in COPR due to ffmpeg, so I thought I'd ask if anyone has done any testing yet.
> 
> Well, using something like:
> 
>      koji mock-config --tag  f33-python --arch=x86_64 f33

Ubuntu person here. I've got Rawhide running (at least
cat /etc/fedora-release = Fedora release 33 (Rawhide)).

sudo dnf install python3.9 did the expected.

Is there a way to get things like: dnf install python3-lxml
to find a 3.9 version?

> one can get the fragments needed to configure mock
> using the side tag for the python 3.9 rebuild (there are
> various ways to utilize that fragment) and run the
> build locally.  And while I rarely care about side-tags
> before they land in the updates/stable repo, the
> approach has come in handy from time to time.
> 
> I have done so, and MythTV builds.  I have no
> idea if it actually runs (that would be actual QA
> work), and I would not be surprised if some 3rd
> party python3 package might need an update
> or three (since, as we all know, building does
> not always equal working).
> 
> Anyway, once the side-tag hits updates/stable
> the MythTV buildbot network should build with
> it and identify any issues since there is a fedora
> rawhide builder (and from time to time some
> change in rawhide does require changes
> elsewhere, which is why that builder is a useful
> canary).

Thanks,

-- 
Bill