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Restore removed Py_SetProgramName() and PySys_SetArgv() functions #117987

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opened on Apr 17, 2024
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My Fedora team identified that the removal of "Python initialization" functions impacts at least 17 projects. I propose to restore them to give more time to impacted projects to be updated to the new PEP 587 PyConfig API added to Python 3.8.

These functions were marked as deprecated in Python 3.11.

Py_SetProgramName() and/or Py_SetPythonHome(), 7 impacted projects:

  • dionaea
  • fontforge
  • glade
  • libreoffice
  • neuron
  • python-pyqt6
  • python-pyside6

PySys_SetArgv() and/or PySys_SetArgvEx(), 12 impacted projects (glade and neuron are both lists):

  • collectd
  • glade
  • gnumeric
  • kernel
  • nautilus-python
  • nemo-extensions
  • neuron
  • obs-studio
  • pyotherside
  • remmina
  • scribus
  • sourcextractor++

In Python 3.13, I also proposed PEP 741 – Python Configuration C API but it's still a draft.

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  • gh-117987: Restore remove Py_SetProgramName() function #117993

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  1. vstinner
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Apr 17, 2024

    pythongh-117987: Restore remove Py_SetProgramName() function

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  2. encukou
    added a commit that references this issue on Apr 18, 2024

    gh-117987: Restore several functions removed in Python 3.13 alpha 1 (G…

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  3. encukou commented on Apr 18, 2024

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    Thank you! Every bit helps.

  4. encukou
    closed this as completedon Apr 18, 2024
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