Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-07 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Christoph, On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 11:17 PM Christoph Biedl wrote: > > Yeah, or something else confused me. Sorry if I appeared stubborn, I > just want to understand what I do. Please do not worry. Thank you for maintaining such an important package. Lintian could not exist without you. >

Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-06 Thread Christoph Biedl
Felix Lechner wrote... > A backport is sufficient. I tried to indicate that in the bug title, > but perhaps it was not clear. Yeah, or something else confused me. Sorry if I appeared stubborn, I just want to understand what I do. One more idea: After checking the upstream sources: The file

Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-04 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Christoph, On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:35 PM Christoph Biedl wrote: > > (1) The Debian 11 ("bullseye") version of file should be available in > the backports for Debian 10 ("buster"). A backport is sufficient. I tried to indicate that in the bug title, but perhaps it was not clear. In my

Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-03 Thread Christoph Biedl
Felix Lechner wrote... > On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 11:14 PM Christoph Biedl >> Actually, I don't (yet) follow why this is a problem "even on stable". > > The service lintian.d.o runs on stable (buster). Without a backport, I > don't think Debian's infrastructure can detect the tag >

Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Control: tag 950516 - moreinfo Hi Christoph, On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 11:14 PM Christoph Biedl wrote: > > Actually, I don't (yet) follow why this is a problem "even on stable". The service lintian.d.o runs on stable (buster). Without a backport, I don't think Debian's infrastructure can detect

Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-02 Thread Christoph Biedl
Control: tag 950516 moreinfo Felix Lechner wrote... > Lintian has to stop using python2, which is being removed from Debian, > to generate test binaries and must instead rely on python3 even on > stable. Actually, I don't (yet) follow why this is a problem "even on stable". But assuming you

Bug#950516: file: please backport 5.38 to stable for removal of python2

2020-02-02 Thread Felix Lechner
Package: file Severity: normal Control: block 936952 by -1 X-Debbugs-CC: debian-pyt...@lists.debian.org Hi, In stable, the file utility (5.34) does not recognize byte-compiled python3 binaries, even though they were generated by the default python3 for that release (3.7.3). The version currently