package/python: clarify that this refers to the deprecated 2.7 series
authorPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Mon, 8 Feb 2021 13:24:11 +0000 (14:24 +0100)
committerPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Mon, 8 Feb 2021 21:10:41 +0000 (22:10 +0100)
Python 2.7 is EOL, so people should use the python3 package instead if
possible.  Make it a bit more obvious that 'python' is not the right package
to use by explicitly mentioning that this is about python 2.7 and that it is
deprecated.

Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
package/python/Config.in

index bded00c9e84cafc14c93d462f8f93b6ff33209e7..ab6950cae827a9e1090146c645eb2dcc33c7e4f0 100644 (file)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ comment "python needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
        depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-       bool "python"
+       bool "python2.7 (deprecated)"
        depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
        # uses fork()
        depends on BR2_USE_MMU