Roadmap for Python 3.12 (no `imp`) and beyond

[reed9999]

I like the idea of this package and was considering deploying it for some low-stakes personal work. However, the last commit is a couple of years ago and the last issue here is from 2023, so apparently it's not being actively maintained.

Is terraformpy pushed toward obsolescence by CDKTF? (If so, I hope CDKTF keeps working with OpenTofu.)

If terraformpy has a future, what are the plans for Python >= 3.12 where imp is removed from the standard library, superseded by importlib?

[hexmode]

@reed9999 I'm interested in this as well. I do not currently have a hard requirement for Python >= 3.12, but I may soon.

Are you still interested in this project?

[reed9999]

@hexmode Eh, sorta? Short answer is I'm mildly interested dependent on the interest of others.

Long answer:

From lack of activity I deduced it was abandoned in favor of CDKTF, so I started setting that up. But it feels very heavyweight for the sort of personal project I'm doing -- setting up node.js for Python work is really Rube Goldbergesque! -- so I'm giving terraformpy another look.

However I've hit a snag where I can't get a Resource (specifically an ec2 instance) to create. It's exceeding my patience for a personal toy project. Writing my own bespoke Python scripts to generate .tf files is looking better by the day.

[wyattpeterson]

Hi! I helped work on this project.
First of all, some context:
When this was made Terraform was very limited. There was no ability to loop and various other features it now has. If I was going to start fresh at this point, I'd use one of the modern options like CDKTF, Pulumi, etc.

But if folks are interested in this, I wouldn't mind making a fork and helping out.

[GilUpstream]

Hey @wyattpeterson 👋🏼 we've stopped using terraformpy internally and are looking to archive this project. Sounds like you may have some interest in helping folks out with this project though. Want to maintain terraformpy? We may be able to transfer the repo directly to you.

[wyattpeterson]

👋
Honestly I wouldn't recommend this library to folks these days. It was made when Terraform was far less mature and the tooling ecosystem was more sparse. There are many other more reasonable options at this point.

So at this point it's mostly an interesting curiosity rather than something I'd suggest people use. Archiving it may be for the best rather than people stumbling across it.