Package dependencies , is python2.7 necessary?

macheretsa · December 28, 2022, 10:14am

hello, is it possible to get rid of Python 2.7 in dependencies? Cassandra4 is already fully working on Python3 in conjunction with cqlsh

Israel_Fruchter · January 4, 2023, 10:28am

Yes, it’s in the working, almost merged into Scylla core master branch.

You can track it here:

Hopefully it would be in before 5.2 release starts.
If it would, it’s to be expected in 5.2 / 2023.1

Israel_Fruchter · January 4, 2023, 10:33am

Also it’s a dependency only on scylla-tools package

Which installs cqlsh / cassandra-stress, and a few other tools, the python2 dependency is only for cqlsh.

So if you don’t need the tools, one could install the specific packages without the tools

apt install scylla-server scylla-jmx

macheretsa · January 9, 2023, 8:46am

Thank you for the information

Israel_Fruchter · March 22, 2023, 9:41pm

An update:

so next release 5.3, would be have newer cqlsh version bundled (that’s not depended on python2 anymore)