Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-18 Thread Brian May
On 18 November 2014 16:31, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: That does sound like a friendly fork, so I think taking over the package name for Stretch would be appropriate, but in the meantime, it should stay in experimental in case a bug fix is needed for the current package for

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Brian May
On 5 November 2014 12:11, Collin Anderson cmawebs...@gmail.com wrote: There might be a problem because it looks like it conflicts with python-mysqldb. Yes, it's a 100% compatible fork intended to replace python-mysqldb. Same python package name and everything. We could decide to only include

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:55:57 +1100 Brian May br...@microcomaustralia.com.au wrote: On 5 November 2014 12:11, Collin Anderson cmawebs...@gmail.com wrote: There might be a problem because it looks like it conflicts with python-mysqldb. Yes, it's a 100% compatible fork intended to replace

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Brian May
On 18 November 2014 15:05, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: I'd suggest not just replacing it. How about call your package python- mysqlclient (as you had originally intended I believe) and have it conflict with python-mysqldb (since they both provide the same interface, conflicts

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Brian May
On 18 November 2014 15:05, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: [...] Maintainers can decide which they prefer and [...] On second thoughts, me thinks this may not be as easy as you suggest. :-( i.e. if package XYZ changes to depend on python-mysqlclient, it is going to conflict with

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:24:45 +1100 Brian May br...@microcomaustralia.com.au wrote: On 18 November 2014 15:05, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: [...] Maintainers can decide which they prefer and [...] On second thoughts, me thinks this may not be as easy as you suggest. :-(

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Brian May
On 18 November 2014 15:40, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: Is the original development inactive? I think it would be at least somewhat anti-social to switch to a non-friendly fork (no idea if that's relevant here). What are the circumstances around the fork. I think that's at

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-17 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 04:02:14 PM Brian May wrote: On 18 November 2014 15:40, Scott Kitterman deb...@kitterman.com wrote: Is the original development inactive? I think it would be at least somewhat anti-social to switch to a non-friendly fork (no idea if that's relevant here).

Bug#768096: [Python-modules-team] python mysqldb on python 3

2014-11-04 Thread Collin Anderson
Hi Brian, Thanks so much. There might be a problem because it looks like it conflicts with python-mysqldb. Yes, it's a 100% compatible fork intended to replace python-mysqldb. Same python package name and everything. We could decide to only include it for python3, or we could even have this