-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 12/20/2011 10:26 AM, Stéphane Graber wrote: > Hey everyone, > > One of our goals for 12.04 is to be an LTS, which means supporting > all of Edubuntu 12.04 for 3 to 5 years. To make that easier, we're > trying to limit our dependencies as much as possible. > > We already got rid of freemind and geogebra to avoid inheriting all > of java and it's now time to look at our python packages. > > A quick look shows the following list of packages that we ship and > rely on python-central or python-support: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BarryWarsaw/PythonHelpers calibre > edubuntu-menueditor (python-central) lybniz > (python-central) opendict (python-central) > python-cherrypy3 (python-support) python-gevent > (python-support) python-pyparsing (python-support) > python-wxgtk2.8 (python-central) python-wxversion > (python-central) python-x2go > > (calibre and python-x2go depend on one of the others but aren't > themselves using python-support or python-central) > > The idea is to go through the list above and convert the packaging > to dh_python2 which is the supported way of doing python packaging > nowadays. > > The conversion steps look like: 1) Check on Debian's side for a > newer version of the package already using dh_python2 2) Check on > Debian's side for a patch on the bug tracker that we could use 3) > Check on Ubuntu's side for a patch on the bug tracker that we could > use 4) Convert the packaging yourself 5) Submit any change back to > Debian 6) Upload > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BarryWarsaw/PythonHelpers provides some > more information. > > I'll be having a look at the package list above over the next few > days, at least convert any of these packages that's only in Ubuntu > and look for existing fixes in Debian. > > If you want to help, feel free to pick any of these, just make sure > to reply to this post so we all know who's doing what. > > Thanks
I just converted and uploaded edubuntu-menueditor. All the others on the list except wxwidgets2.8 (python-wxgtk2.8 and python-wxversion) don't have a more recent version in Debian though they may still have patches available either on Launchpad or on the Debian BTS. wxwidgets2.8 has a new version in Debian that uses dh_python2 but it's a fairly critical library so it's not going to be an easy merge. - -- Stéphane Graber Ubuntu developer http://www.ubuntu.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJO8F3vAAoJEMY4l01keS1n5PIP/RYVdaSOZumzMS3lBsn1r++4 T7i4mNELjmMKIsVrNnNpfCb3nXjPTmYTpgwqlC6ltmiFJMDr9DBt018kJCCei5Y9 82rXOxhobYCu+L+0O8Dae81yWRXUA4leGp/6RPWzqIM9Sa/cWm0i6TvcwNnjO2GI WlfhcAVxPftNTQD/2kyybwWs+iNx3LtrJKkVMykiQyYX/M5KSAQPhe12Ifdbygu5 tQjdkz+6x5Tuyf1xPqBUnO30pqfEfVVDV4xrelNanDpZ5yUneCoHpJvBQ1Lyz45I jABm4QNhlvsVtmJujKwYgM/SO0Ne/3KGowqkYevAuCEUba1qtmmfFKzA7CpP2CE+ +HC4OEK6jSUJfDO9npbPJjLJOFOa2JlRpE8kVQWgmzjM+pz4Missohw0Q96AXVs6 eETKmSJCUaPjvAAe8AdpUWqfjreKdqcJhWEfk+vKgoD1QGkzkfC9H7QpvEdicYte jIVkC+ohIkFQ+5BbMaEs/o/Nlo+4LboG61+aOljYX/jDbBjH7nO8LlhuCFOCWL2j IoiR/gyjFUp7zXZ13/Z5w2giV/2qwvz2I7OduMUDuFRjeuqo+tgYBCWRWb69RSMB diyY8medHRxM6V1sGdj9dOUbfVGb5Z+PIqqofz4Rn9wp0lkcVsyWlt5jfMrCnUYb 9BbBH16Ecnk0GV0PIdD1 =krsU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel