Re: Should python3-rpm-macros depend on python3?

[Neal Gompa]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 6:05 AM Miro Hrončok  wrote:
> We have an interesting request for python3-rpm-macros to depend on python3.
>
> See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563789
>
> Highlights:
> users who build for Python 3 are told (in the guidelines) to BR python3-devel
> (that brings in both python3 and python3-rpm-macros)
> the existence of python3-rpm-macros is left as an implementation detail for ^
> in theory, those macros can be used with other Pythons
> (such as pypy3 or python36, that is most likely not done in practice)
>
> Arguments:
> to require: the macros are broken without a python3 interpreter
> to not: the macros should work with any python3 interpreter
>
> Solutions?
> declare direct BR of macros without a python3 interpreter unsupported
> add dependency on python3. unused if used with another interpreter
> add a common virtual provide for all python3 interpreters
> or require (python3 or pypy3 or python36...) - very tedious

Have we ever tried using it with pypy3? Does it even work with that
(that is, pypy3-foo packages can be made)? If it does, we should just
add a common virtual provide to supported interpreters and require
that. Else, just require python3.