Hi! We're all happy for the release of Wheezy, but now it's time to think about Jessie, and to consider the plans for Python ecosystem.
Here are some goals/points of discussion I'd like to tackle immediately, to have enough time to squeeze them in time for Jessie. Feel free to add more points :) python2.6 removal --------------------------- Unfortunately, python2.6 has been released with Wheezy as supported version. I think we all agree it should be removed as soon as possible to avoid maintaining a Python major version which is no longer supported upstream. I think this could be done quite soon from now (Release Team should have the final say, as they will probably face a storm of new transitions in the next few days). I volunteer to drive the removal of python2.6 from the archive. python-central removal --------------------------------- python-central has been deprecated in favour of dh_python2, bugs have been filed already [0] suggesting to migrate to dh_python2, and only a few packages are still (build-)depending on it. I think it's for our own sake we should get rid of python-central in time for Jessie, and we should focus on provide patches/uploads to speed up the migration. An UDD script is in place [1] to track the packages still to be migrated. I plan to provide some NMUs quite early for Jessie to tackle this goal, but I'd appreciate a coordinated effort to proceed faster. Plans for python-support ----------------------------------- Although python-support has been deprecated by its maintainers, it's still used by a large portion of Python packages in Debian [1], and some maintainers still prefer it to dh_python2. I don't think there are chances to get rid of python-support in time for Jessie, but what we could do now is to discuss about plans to converge towards dh_python2, smoothing out the rough edges that are found along the way. Multi-arch support -------------------------- Both python and python3 (uploaded to experimental) provide Multi-Arch support. These changes are quite invasive, and can lead to several problems (e.g. FTBFS, as seen in Ubuntu recently). A broader testing of the features introduced should be considered. [0]http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=pycentral-deprecation;users=debian-python@lists.debian.org [1] http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/python_helpers.cgi Cheers, Luca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CADk7b0NAd=b4r4f31jy5fu+-zlyobqjzj50f_jmacexjpev...@mail.gmail.com
