[arch-general] Python2-gimp - what functionality was lost?

[Eli Schwartz]

On 3/19/20 11:23 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
> 
>   I updated gimp tonight and received:
> 
> ( 6/19) upgrading gimp         [######################################] 100%
>  > The python2 plugin support is disabled, you will need to install this
>  > separately if you need it, e.g. the python2-gimp package in the AUR.
> 
> Looking at several bugs about python2 and gimp and it seem that gimp is not
> removing python2 during gimp 2.10:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1737933
> 
> Do we know what functionality was lost when we removed python2 support for it?
> I don't use it that often, but do use it fairly thoroughly when I do. From
> that standpoint, is there a list of what now isn't part of gimp without
> python2? That would help in knowing whether the AUR package is needed.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=253710

This is purely related to the pygtk-based plugin support. (Plugins that
use C, scheme, etc. are not affected.)

> Seems strange the AUR package was posted and orphaned on 2020-03-18?

The person who uploaded it was interested in providing a solution for
the forum user whose python/pygtk based plugin no longer worked -- and
in demonstrating how that solution could be achieved in the general case.

The person who uploaded it was not interested in providing long-term
maintenance of that AUR package, therefore, it was immediately orphaned.

Seems pretty clear-cut to me.

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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