[PATCH 0/2] Source Builder: Fix UnicodeDecodeError build hang

[Anders Montonen]

> On 8 May 2020, at 7:36, Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
> 
> On 8/5/20 2:27 pm, Anders Montonen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>> On 7 May 2020, at 5:10, Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 7/5/20 9:37 am, Anders Montonen wrote:
>>>> This patch fixes the UnicodeDecodeError that randomly caused source
>>>> builder to hang.
>>>> 
>>>> In my testing, there was no difference in performance at least under
>>>> Python 3.
>>> 
>>> Have you tested python 2?
>> Unfortunately the patch caused the log.py module to trigger UnicodeEncodeErrors under Python 2, so consider it withdrawn.
> 
> Oh ok. Is it worth looking at fixing log.py? Our fix seems to me to important.

I’m looking into it, I just wanted to give a heads-up.

On a not completely unrelated note, have there been any thoughts about setting a timetable for deprecating Python 2 support now that it is EOL, eg. in RTEMS6? Are there any specific host platforms you want to support that don’t have Python 3?

Regards,
Anders