[packman] Kodi vs python - next update will use python-3.11

[Tom Weinmann]

Hello Manfred

Thanks  for your help. I can confirm that 20.2-150500.5.pm.1 solves my 
issues with addons.

Best, Tom

On 26.12.23 17:47, Manfred Hollstein wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> some of you might remember some heated discussions about the old version
> of Python used by kodi. I looked into this issue further and found out,
> that it is actually pretty simple to use a newer version than what is
> used by default on a Linux OS. The patch below shows what's needed to
> be able to use python-3.11 on all supported versions of openSUSE (Leap
> 15.5, 15.6, Slowroll, and Tumbleweed).
>
> The next update for Kodi Nexus 20.2 will introduce that change and might
> result in needing libpython3_11-1_0 on your Leap 15.5 installation/
> system in case you don't already have that installed. As a result, the
> addons will run in a Python 3.11 environment, which should help all
> users who had been involved in the earlier discussions (see above), e.g.
> Eric Schirra and Tom Weinmann to name just two.  Users on Tumbleweed
> should not see any difference.
>
> FWIW, Kodi 21 Omega will be released some time early next year. I'll
> make sure we'll have a similar Python environment in the new version,
> too. I am currently building/testing Kodi 21 Beta2 Omega in my private
> build environment and everything looks OK for now. So, once the next
> Kodi version will be freely available, we shall have updated packages
> for openSUSE in a very short timeframe, too.
>
> Cheers.
>
> l8er
> manfred
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATCH to use Python 3.11 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> Index: kodi.changes
> ===================================================================
> --- kodi.changes (revision 98)
> +++ kodi.changes (revision 12)
> @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
>   -------------------------------------------------------------------
> +Mon Dec 25 17:13:19 UTC 2023 - Manfred Hollstein<manfred.h at gmx.net>
> +
> +- Use python3.11 on all platforms.
> +
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Tue Dec  5 12:31:48 UTC 2023 - Manfred Hollstein<manfred.h at gmx.net>
>   
>   - Unban fmt10, but add new patch fix_building_with_fmt10.patch
> Index: kodi.spec
> ===================================================================
> --- kodi.spec (revision 98)
> +++ kodi.spec (revision 12)
> @@ -121,7 +121,8 @@
>   BuildRequires:  fstrcmp-devel
>   BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fmt)
>   BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(RapidJSON) >= 1.0.2
> -BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(python3)
> +BuildRequires:  python(abi) >= 3.11
> +BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(python-3.11)
>   BuildRequires:  libmysqlclient-devel
>   BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libass)
>   BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcurl)
> @@ -425,6 +426,7 @@
>       -DAPP_RENDER_SYSTEM=gl \
>       -DX11_RENDER_SYSTEM=gl \
>       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1 \
> +    -DPYTHON_VER=3.11 \
>       ${NULL}
>   
>       #-DRapidJSON_URL=%{SOURCE25}
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