[dpdk-dev] Dropping python 2 support

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 02:41:56PM +0100, Robin Jarry wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As you may have noticed, Python 2 is officially end-of-life since
> January 1st 2020.
> 
> https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/
> 
> Some projects have already decided to drop python 2 support:
> 
> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/1ca0323e7c29
> https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal
> https://governance.openstack.org/tc/goals/selected/ussuri/drop-py27.html
> 
> I figure this may be the opportunity to do the same in DPDK. Does anyone
> have arguments against this? If not, I am willing to work on the matter.
> 
I'm in favour of dropping the support in general, however, do we still not
need to support some distro's e.g. Redhat/CentOS 7, which do not have
python3?

/Bruce