[Bug 2154832] New: fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154832

Bug ID: 2154832
           Summary: fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12:
                    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
            Status: NEW
         Component: fonts-tweak-tool
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
            Blocks: 2135404 (PYTHON3.12)
  Target Milestone: ---
    Classification: Fedora

fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12.0a3.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 94, in <module>
    from giscanner.utils import dll_dirs
  File "/usr/lib64/gobject-introspection/giscanner/utils.py", line 355, in
<module>
    import distutils.cygwinccompiler
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Remove the distutils package. It was deprecated in Python 3.10 by PEP 632
“Deprecate distutils module”. For projects still using distutils and cannot be
updated to something else, the setuptools project can be installed: it still
provides distutils. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in gh-92584.)

If your package is listed in [0], you may workaround this issue by
BuildRequiring python-setuptols, note that adding such BuildRequires might
however hide some transitive dependency problem, if the distutils import comes
from a dependency.
Cooperation with upstream is recommended. Additional context [1].

[0]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]...

[1]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]...

https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html

For the build logs, see:
https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@python/python3.12/fedora-ra...

For all our attempts to build fonts-tweak-tool with Python 3.12, see:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.12/package/fonts-tw...

Testing and mass rebuild of packages is happening in copr. You can follow these
instructions to test locally in mock if your package builds with Python 3.12:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.12/

Let us know here if you have any questions.

Python 3.12 is planned to be included in Fedora 39. To make that update
smoother, we're building Fedora packages with all pre-releases of Python 3.12.
A build failure prevents us from testing all dependent packages (transitive
[Build]Requires), so if this package is required a lot, it's important for us
to get it fixed soon.
We'd appreciate help from the people who know this package best, but if you
don't want to work on this now, let us know so we can try to work around it on
our side.

Referenced Bugs:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2135404
[Bug 2135404] Python 3.12

[Bug 2154832] fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154832

Tomáš Hrnčiar  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Comment|0                           |updated

--- Comment #0 has been edited ---

fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12.0a3.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 94, in <module>
    from giscanner.utils import dll_dirs
  File "/usr/lib64/gobject-introspection/giscanner/utils.py", line 355, in
<module>
    import distutils.cygwinccompiler
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Remove the distutils package. It was deprecated in Python 3.10 by PEP 632
“Deprecate distutils module”. For projects still using distutils and cannot be
updated to something else, the setuptools project can be installed: it still
provides distutils. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in gh-92584.)

If your package is listed in [0], you may workaround this issue by
BuildRequiring python-setuptools, note that adding such BuildRequires might
however hide some transitive dependency problem, if the distutils import comes
from a dependency.
Cooperation with upstream is recommended. Additional context [1].

[0]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]...

[1]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]...

https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html

For the build logs, see:
https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@python/python3.12/fedora-ra...

For all our attempts to build fonts-tweak-tool with Python 3.12, see:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.12/package/fonts-tw...

Testing and mass rebuild of packages is happening in copr. You can follow these
instructions to test locally in mock if your package builds with Python 3.12:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.12/

Let us know here if you have any questions.

Python 3.12 is planned to be included in Fedora 39. To make that update
smoother, we're building Fedora packages with all pre-releases of Python 3.12.
A build failure prevents us from testing all dependent packages (transitive
[Build]Requires), so if this package is required a lot, it's important for us
to get it fixed soon.
We'd appreciate help from the people who know this package best, but if you
don't want to work on this now, let us know so we can try to work around it on
our side.

[Bug 2154832] fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154832

--- Comment #1 from Akira TAGOH  ---
I see another code depending on distutils in fonts-tweak-tool though, that
traceback was coming from outside of fonts-tweak-tool actually and that should
be reported to gobject-introspection.

[Bug 2154832] fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154832

--- Comment #2 from Miro Hrončok  ---
gobject-introspection was fixed:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gobject-introspection/c/0bf1bb88067ef9923...

[Bug 2154832] fonts-tweak-tool fails to build with Python 3.12: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154832

Miro Hrončok  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG
        Last Closed|                            |2023-01-05 13:30:15