Recommended update for python-futures

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for python-futures
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1358-1
Rating: low
References: #974993
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Tools 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for python-futures provides version 3.0.2 required from
    python-s3transfer (fate#320748) and fixes the following issues:

    - Made multiprocessing optional again on implementations other than just
    Jython
    - Made Executor.map() non-greedy
    - Dropped Python 2.5 and 3.1 support
    - Removed the deprecated "futures" top level package
    - Remove CFLAGS: this is a python only module
    - Remove futures from package files: not provided anymore
    - Added the set_exception_info() and exception_info() methods to Future to
    enable extraction of tracebacks on Python 2.x
    - Added support for Future.set_exception_info() to ThreadPoolExecutor

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Manager Tools 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2016-797=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2016-797=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager Tools 12 (noarch):
      • python-futures-3.0.2-7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (noarch):
      • python-futures-3.0.2-7.1

    References: