1:12 p.m.
Hello everyone,
As of Python 3.8, python C extensions modules should not link to libpython, unless they
embed the interpreter in their code. Relevant upstream PR:
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12946
If your package links to libpython without requiring it, it won't be possible to use
the python3-debug binary with your python C extension, unless you recompile the extension
against it.
On Fedora Rawhide, there are at this point 144 packages linking to libpython, many of
those possibly without any need for it.
If your package links to libpython but it does not embed the interpreter, I would like to
ask you to unlink it. Usually the fix needs to be done at the package's build system.
If you are not sure if your package links to libpython, a way to figure this out is to
inspect the code for the Py_Initialize and the Py_Finalize calls [0]. If the code includes
those calls, no action is required from your side. If it does not, linking to libpython is
not required.
I might mass file bugzillas at a later date, but I wanted to provide you the heads up
before that.
[0] https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html#initializing-and-finalizing-the...
List of possibly affected packages, provided through $ repoquery --repo=rawhide --source
--whatrequires 'libpython3.8.so.1.0()(64bit)'
Maintainers by package:
COPASI sagitter
HepMC3 ellert
Io-language limb
OpenImageIO hobbes1069
PyQt4 rdieter than
YafaRay luya roma slaanesh
apbs rathann sagitter
babeltrace2 mjeanson
blender design-sw hobbes1069 ignatenkobrain kwizart luya roma s4504kr
slaanesh
boost denisarnaud jwakely
calamares kkofler mattia
calibre chkr heliocastro kevin nushio zbyszek
cantor jreznik rdieter than
ceph adeza branto dmick ke4qqq kkeithle ktdreyer steve stingray
clingo thofmann
collectd fab kevin mhlavink ruben xaeth
condor bbockelm bcotton eerlands matt matyas stevetraylen tstclair ttheisen
valtri
createrepo_c dmach jrohel mblaha pkratoch tmlcoch
csound pbrobinson sdz
cvc4 brouhaha jjames
dionaea rebus
dmlite adev andreamanzi gbitzes okeeble rocha
fontforge frixxon kevin pnemade
freecad hobbes1069 jkastner zultron
gdb jankratochvil keiths kevinb sergiodj
gdcm ankursinha ignatenkobrain mrceresa sebp
gdl orion
getdp ignatenkobrain smani
glade kalev
globus-net-manager ellert
glom hguemar
gnucash notting
gnuradio jskarvad mmahut
gpaw marcindulak
gplugin ignatenkobrain
gr-air-modes jskarvad
gr-fcdproplus jskarvad
gr-hpsdr jskarvad
gr-iqbal jskarvad
gr-osmosdr cottsay jskarvad
gr-rds jskarvad sharkcz
hamlib hobbes1069 jskarvad lucilanga
hexchat ohaessler tingping
hokuyoaist rmattes
hugin bpostle cicku denisarnaud
insight lkundrak monnerat
kdevelop-python dvratil jgrulich minh
kernel-tools jcline jforbes jwboyer labbott pbrobinson
kicad avigne coremodule lkundrak stevenfalco tnorth
kig jreznik kkofler rdieter
kitty atim
krita heliocastro rdieter
lammps ellio167 junghans
ldns pemensik pwouters thozza
libCombine sagitter
libarcus churchyard gferon
libarcus-lulzbot spot
libbatch smani
libcec pbrobinson
libcomps akozumpl dmach jluza jmracek mblaha pkratoch
libdnf dmach jmracek jrohel mblaha pkratoch
libftdi hobbes1069 lucilanga
libkml smani
libkolabxml tpokorra
libldb abbra asn gd iboukris jhrozek lslebodn sgallagh simo
libnuml sagitter
libpeas amigadave hadess nacho
libplist hadess pbrobinson
libreoffice caolanm dtardon erack sbergmann
librepo dmach pkratoch tmlcoch
libsavitar churchyard gferon
libsbml sagitter zbyszek
libsedml sagitter
libsigrokdecode mrnuke
libtalloc asn gd iboukris jhrozek lslebodn sgallagh simo
libyang tkorbar
libyui-bindings makowski ngompa tpokorra
link-grammar devos fabiand limb
lldb airlied daveisfera jankratochvil sergesanspaille siddharths tstellar
mapserver devrim jujens oliver pali
mathgl deji krege mycae
med smani
mod_wsgi jdornak jkaluza jorton lmacken mrunge
mraa pbrobinson
nautilus-python dignan genodeftest kalev
nbdkit rjones
nemo-extensions jcpunk leigh123linux
nest ankursinha
netgen-mesher hobbes1069 smani
neuron ankursinha
nextpnr lkundrak somlo
nordugrid-arc ellert jonkni
nwchem marcindulak
openbabel itamarjp jussilehtola rathann
openscap isimluk jcerny matyc mpreisle pvrabec wsato
opentrep denisarnaud
openvdb luya slaanesh
orocos-kdl thofmann
pam_wrapper asn jhrozek
paraview deji orion sagitter
perl-Inline-Python jonkni
pidgin jskarvad mcrha nosnilmot
pitivi company elad ignatenkobrain limb wtaymans
plplot orion
postgresql hhorak jstanek panovotn pkajaba pkubat praiskup tgl
pynac pcpa tomspur
pyotherside m4rtink
pythia8 ellert
python-caja monnerat raveit65
python-graph-tool ankursinha
python-gstreamer1 farnz wtaymans
python-jep raphgro
python-qt5 rdieter than
qgis bruno volter
qpid-dispatch irina tross
qpid-proton irina
rdkit giallu
rdma-core dledford honli jwilson
renderdoc gicmo
rmol denisarnaud
root ellert
samba abbra anoopcs asn gd iboukris jarrpa jlayton jstephen obnox simo
scidavis alexpl
scribus pwalter sharkcz tripledes
sigil sharkcz
sourcextractor++ aalvarez
swift-lang tachoknight
syslog-ng czanik jpo mrunge
texworks cheeselee
thunarx-python balajig8 kevin nonamedotc
trademgen denisarnaud
trellis lkundrak somlo
unbound aegorenk akhaitov pavlix pemensik pwouters thozza
upm pbrobinson
uwsgi kad
vapoursynth slaanesh
vdr-epg-daemon martinkg
vigra bpostle
vim karsten zdohnal
vrpn bizdelnick
vtk jgu mrceresa orion
weechat asrob gchamoul hguemar niveusluna stingray
znc elyscape nb
Packages by maintainer:
aalvarez sourcextractor++
abbra libldb samba
adev dmlite
adeza ceph
aegorenk unbound
airlied lldb
akhaitov unbound
akozumpl libcomps
alexpl scidavis
amigadave libpeas
andreamanzi dmlite
ankursinha gdcm nest neuron python-graph-tool
anoopcs samba
asn libldb libtalloc pam_wrapper samba
asrob weechat
atim kitty
avigne kicad
balajig8 thunarx-python
bbockelm condor
bcotton condor
bizdelnick vrpn
bpostle hugin vigra
branto ceph
brouhaha cvc4
bruno qgis
caolanm libreoffice
cheeselee texworks
chkr calibre
churchyard libarcus libsavitar
cicku hugin
company pitivi
coremodule kicad
cottsay gr-osmosdr
czanik syslog-ng
daveisfera lldb
deji mathgl paraview
denisarnaud boost hugin opentrep rmol trademgen
design-sw blender
devos link-grammar
devrim mapserver
dignan nautilus-python
dledford rdma-core
dmach createrepo_c libcomps libdnf librepo
dmick ceph
dtardon libreoffice
dvratil kdevelop-python
eerlands condor
elad pitivi
ellert HepMC3 globus-net-manager nordugrid-arc pythia8 root
ellio167 lammps
elyscape znc
erack libreoffice
fab collectd
fabiand link-grammar
farnz python-gstreamer1
frixxon fontforge
gbitzes dmlite
gchamoul weechat
gd libldb libtalloc samba
genodeftest nautilus-python
gferon libarcus libsavitar
giallu rdkit
gicmo renderdoc
hadess libpeas libplist
heliocastro calibre krita
hguemar glom weechat
hhorak postgresql
hobbes1069 OpenImageIO blender freecad hamlib libftdi netgen-mesher
honli rdma-core
iboukris libldb libtalloc samba
ignatenkobrain blender gdcm getdp gplugin pitivi
irina qpid-dispatch qpid-proton
isimluk openscap
itamarjp openbabel
jankratochvil gdb lldb
jarrpa samba
jcerny openscap
jcline kernel-tools
jcpunk nemo-extensions
jdornak mod_wsgi
jforbes kernel-tools
jgrulich kdevelop-python
jgu vtk
jhrozek libldb libtalloc pam_wrapper
jjames cvc4
jkaluza mod_wsgi
jkastner freecad
jlayton samba
jluza libcomps
jmracek libcomps libdnf
jonkni nordugrid-arc perl-Inline-Python
jorton mod_wsgi
jpo syslog-ng
jreznik cantor kig
jrohel createrepo_c libdnf
jskarvad gnuradio gr-air-modes gr-fcdproplus gr-hpsdr gr-iqbal gr-osmosdr gr-rds hamlib
pidgin
jstanek postgresql
jstephen samba
jujens mapserver
junghans lammps
jussilehtola openbabel
jwakely boost
jwboyer kernel-tools
jwilson rdma-core
kad uwsgi
kalev glade nautilus-python
karsten vim
ke4qqq ceph
keiths gdb
kevin calibre collectd fontforge thunarx-python
kevinb gdb
kkeithle ceph
kkofler calamares kig
krege mathgl
ktdreyer ceph
kwizart blender
labbott kernel-tools
leigh123linux nemo-extensions
limb Io-language link-grammar pitivi
lkundrak insight kicad nextpnr trellis
lmacken mod_wsgi
lslebodn libldb libtalloc
lucilanga hamlib libftdi
luya YafaRay blender openvdb
m4rtink pyotherside
makowski libyui-bindings
marcindulak gpaw nwchem
martinkg vdr-epg-daemon
matt condor
mattia calamares
matyas condor
matyc openscap
mblaha createrepo_c libcomps libdnf
mcrha pidgin
mhlavink collectd
minh kdevelop-python
mjeanson babeltrace2
mmahut gnuradio
monnerat insight python-caja
mpreisle openscap
mrceresa gdcm vtk
mrnuke libsigrokdecode
mrunge mod_wsgi syslog-ng
mycae mathgl
nacho libpeas
nb znc
ngompa libyui-bindings
niveusluna weechat
nonamedotc thunarx-python
nosnilmot pidgin
notting gnucash
nushio calibre
obnox samba
ohaessler hexchat
okeeble dmlite
oliver mapserver
orion gdl paraview plplot vtk
pali mapserver
panovotn postgresql
pavlix unbound
pbrobinson csound kernel-tools libcec libplist mraa upm
pcpa pynac
pemensik ldns unbound
pkajaba postgresql
pkratoch createrepo_c libcomps libdnf librepo
pkubat postgresql
pnemade fontforge
praiskup postgresql
pvrabec openscap
pwalter scribus
pwouters ldns unbound
raphgro python-jep
rathann apbs openbabel
raveit65 python-caja
rdieter PyQt4 cantor kig krita python-qt5
rebus dionaea
rjones nbdkit
rmattes hokuyoaist
rocha dmlite
roma YafaRay blender
ruben collectd
s4504kr blender
sagitter COPASI apbs libCombine libnuml libsbml libsedml paraview
sbergmann libreoffice
sdz csound
sebp gdcm
sergesanspaille lldb
sergiodj gdb
sgallagh libldb libtalloc
sharkcz gr-rds scribus sigil
siddharths lldb
simo libldb libtalloc samba
slaanesh YafaRay blender openvdb vapoursynth
smani getdp libbatch libkml med netgen-mesher
somlo nextpnr trellis
spot libarcus-lulzbot
steve ceph
stevenfalco kicad
stevetraylen condor
stingray ceph weechat
tachoknight swift-lang
tgl postgresql
than PyQt4 cantor python-qt5
thofmann clingo orocos-kdl
thozza ldns unbound
tingping hexchat
tkorbar libyang
tmlcoch createrepo_c librepo
tnorth kicad
tomspur pynac
tpokorra libkolabxml libyui-bindings
tripledes scribus
tross qpid-dispatch
tstclair condor
tstellar lldb
ttheisen condor
valtri condor
volter qgis
wsato openscap
wtaymans pitivi python-gstreamer1
xaeth collectd
zbyszek calibre libsbml
zdohnal vim
zultron freecad
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Regards,
Charalampos Stratakis
Software Engineer
Python Maintenance Team, Red Hat