Use python3.12

Author: fpetrini15

build.py

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
         "2024.0.0",  # Standalone OpenVINO
         "3.2.6",  # DCGM version
         "0.5.3.post1",  # vLLM version
-        "3.10.13",  # Python version
     )
 }
 
@@ -909,7 +908,7 @@ def install_dcgm_libraries(dcgm_version, target_machine):
                 )
 
 
-def create_dockerfile_buildbase_rhel(ddir, dockerfile_name, argmap, backends):
+def create_dockerfile_buildbase_rhel(ddir, dockerfile_name, argmap):
     df = """
 ARG TRITON_VERSION={}
 ARG TRITON_CONTAINER_VERSION={}
@@ -951,7 +950,7 @@ def create_dockerfile_buildbase_rhel(ddir, dockerfile_name, argmap, backends):
             libb64-devel \\
             gperftools-devel \\
             patchelf \\
-            python3-devel \\
+            python3.12-devel \\
             python3-pip \\
             python3-setuptools \\
             rapidjson-devel \\
@@ -989,19 +988,6 @@ def create_dockerfile_buildbase_rhel(ddir, dockerfile_name, argmap, backends):
 #       && apt-get update -q=2 \\
 #       && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends cmake=3.27.7* cmake-data=3.27.7*
 """
-    if "python" in backends:
-        df += """
-# python3.10 is not available through yum for RHEL8. It must instead must be installed via pyenv.
-# Only copy out libpython3.1* so as to not overwrite the general libpython3.so lib.
-RUN curl https://pyenv.run | bash \\
-    && echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc \\
-    && echo '[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc \\
-    && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
-RUN CONFIGURE_OPTS=\"--with-openssl=/usr/lib64\" && pyenv install {} \\
-    && cp /root/.pyenv/versions/{}/lib/libpython3.1* /usr/lib64/""".format(
-            TRITON_VERSION_MAP[FLAGS.version][7], TRITON_VERSION_MAP[FLAGS.version][7]
-        )
-
     if FLAGS.enable_gpu:
         df += install_dcgm_libraries(argmap["DCGM_VERSION"], target_machine())
     df += """
@@ -1404,22 +1390,10 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
     # Add dependencies needed for python backend
     if "python" in backends:
         if target_platform() == "rhel":
-            df += """
-# python3.10 is not available through yum for RHEL8. It must instead must be installed via pyenv.
-# Only copy out libpython3.1* so as to not overwrite the general libpython3.so lib.
-RUN curl https://pyenv.run | bash \\
-    && echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc \\
-    && echo '[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc \\
-    && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
-RUN CONFIGURE_OPTS=\"--with-openssl=/usr/lib64\" && pyenv install {} \\
-    && cp /root/.pyenv/versions/{}/lib/libpython3.1* /usr/lib64/""".format(
-                TRITON_VERSION_MAP[FLAGS.version][7],
-                TRITON_VERSION_MAP[FLAGS.version][7],
-            )
-
             df += """
 # python3, python3-pip and some pip installs required for the python backend
 RUN yum install -y \\
+        python3.12-devel \\
         libarchive-devel \\
         python3-pip \\
         openssl-devel \\
@@ -1649,7 +1623,7 @@ def create_build_dockerfiles(
 
     if target_platform() == "rhel":
         create_dockerfile_buildbase_rhel(
-            FLAGS.build_dir, "Dockerfile.buildbase", dockerfileargmap, backends
+            FLAGS.build_dir, "Dockerfile.buildbase", dockerfileargmap
         )
     else:
         create_dockerfile_buildbase(