= Proposed System Wide Change: python-dateutil 2.x =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/python-dateutil_2.x
Change owner(s): Pete Travis <immanetize AT fedoraproject.org>, Stephen
Gallagher <sgallagh(a)redhat.com>
The package providing `dateutil` python libraries is currently on version 1.5.
Early releases in the 2.x series of python-dateutil would work only for
python3, so the package was not updated in Fedora. Now, python-dateutil is at
version 2.4 and does work with python2. Fedora packages can be updated to use
the newer version.
== Detailed Description ==
Many newer python packages require the newer version of python-dateutil, but
some still need python-dateutil 1.5 to function properly. Maintainers will
assess affected packages, and can use the parallel installable python-
dateutil15 package, which already exists in the distribution, if they cannot
migrate.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
Coordinate update efforts and assist maintainers in assessing, testing, and
updating their packages.
* Other developers:
Maintainers of packages that depend on python-dateutils should test with
version 2.4, or the current release at freeze. If their package is not
compatible with this version, they should change the packages Requires: to use
python-dateutil15 and ensure that it works with the parallel-installable egg
that it provides.
* Release engineering: As each package should be assessed individually, a mass
rebuild is not appropriate and release engineering has no requirements for
this change.
* Policies and guidelines:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python_Eggs#Multiple_Versions is
relevant.