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#openstack-nova - 2019-11-19
14:47:58 sean-k-mooney or breaking the devstack default
14:48:07 sean-k-mooney because im really hoping we change that today
14:48:45 dansmith sean-k-mooney: I'm not on board with us not testing nova in the default devstack config, and not okay with *not* doing that because of the principle that py2 is (soon) out of support
14:48:46 dansmith if we change the devstack default, then fine not testing py2
14:48:51 dansmith if we don't, then we *have* to, IMHO
14:49:22 sean-k-mooney ok that is a clear statement
14:50:48 dansmith what is the blocker for the devstack py3 default?
14:50:50 sean-k-mooney the devstack defautl in that case need to be change in the next 23 days or we cant drop py2 testing by m1 in nova per the tc plan
14:51:03 stephenfin I figured someone needs to lead the way on this and it didn't seem anyone else was doing it. I also don't get why DevStack can't just change their default
14:51:27 dansmith sean-k-mooney: I totes don't care about the tc's schedule as much as I care that devstack works out of the box
14:51:44 dansmith (I don't care about the TC's schedule at all actually, but.. :P)
14:51:58 dansmith I know mriedem was on top of the devstack py3 default,
14:52:19 dansmith but he approved the switch prior to that being ready, which surprises me
14:53:06 mriedem i didn't know that the nova change meant you couldn't install nova on py2 anymore
14:53:23 mriedem i thought it was (a) what we tested against and (b) classifiers / support statement
14:53:27 dansmith ack
14:54:05 gmann mriedem: stephenfin dansmith tosky removing condition from setup.cfg should be ok as and add that once all projects moved to py3-only.
14:54:14 dansmith mriedem: from the two patches and the votes, it looks like you want to re-allow install on py2, but not test it, yeah? problem is "it" is the "default devstack arrangement" right?
14:54:15 stephenfin and I didn't know that this would break other people. I thought we were safe since we were consumers (a service), rather than the consumed (libs, clients). Didn't think of the DevStack implications
14:54:23 gmann if nova is breaking on py2 by code then we do not need to fix and ask consumer to move to py3-only
14:54:53 dansmith gmann: it's a matter of devstack working out of the box.. nothing to do with python versions, IMHO
14:55:07 mriedem dansmith: correct
14:55:08 dansmith if we're not testing devstack in remotely default form, that's a problem, IMHO
14:55:11 gmann my argument for devstack move to py3 by default can migrate all py2 jobs to py3 which is planned before schedule, like library etc
14:55:23 mriedem dansmith: i want more people to give a shit
14:55:29 mriedem and pain is usually how that happens
14:55:42 stephenfin ^ that, sadly
14:55:49 dansmith mriedem: so you want it to break to prove a point? :)
14:56:12 mriedem that's assuming we're going to land nova changes that break on py2 in the next what, 3-4 weeks?
14:56:15 efried Does anybody object to
14:56:15 efried - Re-enable py2 (revert setup.cfg and requirements changes)
14:56:15 efried - Re-add one py2 job, which can be a pretty small/basic one afaiac
14:56:15 dansmith I still haven't heard why devstack's default can't move yet
14:56:15 efried ?
14:56:21 mriedem i've asserted above that if we do, it's a bug and we just fix it
14:56:33 stephenfin dansmith: see gmann's comment above
14:56:37 mriedem but i don't think we have high risk of landing non-py2 code in the next 3-4 weeks
14:56:40 mriedem i still use six everywhere
14:56:41 stephenfin and on the review
14:56:56 efried I agree with all of that, but "we probably won't break it" has never been a good reason not to test "it".
14:57:05 stephenfin that is my preferred direction, by far
14:57:06 dansmith yeah, probably won't break it doesn't work for me
14:57:13 stephenfin (switching DevStack to Python 3)
14:57:18 gmann i do not prefer nova or any project keep py2 job. but did not thought about min condition on setup.cfg
14:57:21 efried are we objecting to re-adding a py2 job because we're worried about gate resources?
14:57:25 dansmith that's like turning off gating for a bit because we'll be careful
14:57:34 efried ^ this
14:57:56 dansmith stephenfin: I still don't really understand.. gmann is saying we can't switch the default because a lot of jobs don't specify and would break on py3?
14:58:10 mriedem efried: we don't gate on ceph or ironic and yet people care about those right?
14:58:11 sean-k-mooney for what its worth that is why iw as suggesting fixing py3 on centos7 instad of disabling cento7 job untill cento 8 works
14:58:20 gmann yeah but it is deadlock seems and need to tradeoff with either one
14:58:35 stephenfin dansmith: I think so, yeah
14:58:47 efried mriedem: Agreed that we can't test everything in the world. But a minimal canary to make sure devstack doesn't just shit all over itself seems appropriate.
14:58:47 dansmith well, the tradeoff, is, IMHO, what efried said, which is add back a single py2 devstack job
14:59:00 mriedem and when can that be removed?
14:59:07 dansmith mriedem: when the default switches
14:59:09 mriedem when the tc fairy shows up in january to tell us we're ok?
14:59:11 efried when devstack is py3 by default and we can do the minimum thing.
14:59:23 dansmith mriedem: I don't care about the date, I care about the default
14:59:30 stephenfin Can we just make devstack py3 by default?
14:59:32 efried ("the minimum thing" => restore the py3 minimum in setup.cfg)
15:00:02 stephenfin We know there's going to be some degree of pain here. By reverting anything in nova, we're kicking the can down the road
15:00:05 efried stephenfin: That's mriedem's patch, yes? I rechecked that a bit ago to see if it works yet. If so, maybe we can just pull the trigger.
15:00:05 mriedem then just efried and dansmith should approve ianw's revert
15:00:07 gmann default switch was planned for ~Jan
15:00:21 gmann ok, let's move devstack to py3 and then if anyone need py2 testing (only lib and testing tools) can explicitly mention the py2 need
15:00:23 efried though the predecessor also would need to go.
15:00:26 stephenfin Switching to Python 3 by default is at least forward-looking pain
15:00:29 dansmith gmann: right so if the default flip is coming, I don't see what the big deal is
15:00:32 gmann except swift everyone has to switch to py3-only in ussuri
15:00:45 mriedem dansmith: that devstack patch of mine has been on top of another patch that has been around since april
15:00:49 stephenfin then lets do that now
15:01:03 dansmith stephenfin: I would agree except I don't know how many things will insta-fail on projects with few people working on them
15:01:04 gmann i have patches upnfor all the projects (except clieent, testing tool and lib) so project can merge thsoe
15:01:13 dansmith mriedem: I know
15:01:23 dansmith mriedem: I'm not a py3 bigot, so I'm really in no rush :)
15:01:34 stephenfin dansmith: those projects are going to insta-fail at some point though
15:01:59 dansmith stephenfin: yep, so if the TC wants to schedule that, and it's in Jan, I would be fine waiting and moving then as long as it happens
15:02:14 dansmith but, also fine now, I just don't want the disjoint default.. like I said, the date doesn't matter to me
15:02:57 gmann dansmith: but it can be blocked other projects too and two times effort to get rid of py2. so i am ok to move devstack first
15:03:23 mriedem dansmith: then just approve this https://review.opendev.org/#/c/694891/
15:03:55 gmann because if nova or any other project say min version is py3 then it is fair because reno said the same.
15:04:22 dansmith mriedem: I'm trying to reach consensus like everyone else, not force-merge anything
15:04:50 dansmith if gmann is going to flip the devstack default, then we don't need to do anything, AFAICT
15:05:02 stephenfin yup
15:05:19 stephenfin gmann: just so I'm 100% clear, what was the rationale for the proposed January switchover?
15:05:35 stephenfin I missed whatever email discussed that so a link is fine :)
15:05:36 dansmith January is when the actual upstream support stops, AFAIK
15:05:53 dansmith so I imagine it's aligned there so that the TC's deadline has weight
15:05:56 gmann stephenfin: to keep testing py2 on client lib and lib, testing tool which were planned to drop py2 in jan
15:06:31 gmann plan is like, consumers drop py2 first which is openstack services and then lib or testing tool
15:06:34 sean-k-mooney gmann: it was planned for m2 in febuary
15:06:38 stephenfin We should probably switch over sooner than that then
15:06:39 sean-k-mooney well by m2
15:07:02 stephenfin We need to keep clients and libraries on python 2 for longer to let the services switch everything over
15:07:05 dansmith honestly, switching the default in devstack at m2 seems crazy late to me
15:07:08 dansmith just for our cycle
15:07:25 stephenfin so we should be switching devstack now to let the services fix whatever they need to fix
15:07:34 stephenfin IMO, of course
15:07:36 dansmith that makes more sense to me for sure

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