2.7 is now the default python version in natty. packages were rebuilt and should be upgradable (except a handful, like ethos and xen-3.3). "Upgradable" doesn't mean that everything already works with 2.7, so please report issues and tag these with `python27'. The next step will be to identify all the packages only depending on libpython2.6 or python2.6 (but not 2.7) and rebuild/upgrade these to python2.7.
UPGRADE ISSUES: When upgrading from Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick), please make sure to upgrade to maverick-updates first, before upgrading to natty. If you are upgrading directly from maverick or from an earlier natty snapshot, and are stuck, please see comment #5 in bug #689306 [1]. Matthias [1] https://launchpad.net/bugs/689306 On 08.12.2010 01:05, Matthias Klose wrote: > Tomorrow, Wednesday December 8, we'll change the default Python version in > Natty from 2.6 to 2.7. > > This will be followed by a series of no-change uploads to rebuild packages > with Python 2.7. Some parts of the archive will be uninstallable or not > upgradeable for a few days; please wait with upgrades until the rebuilds are > done, and for the next two days, also avoid bug reports about upgrade > problems. > > If you find issues which are not temporary while the rebuilds are ongoing, > please report these in Launchpad, and tag them with `python27`. We expect to > resolve the majority of such issues this year, with the remaining issues > addressed by the end of January. > > If you want to help fix problems related to the Python 2.7 switch, please > submit merge proposals and requests by tagging issues with `python27'. > A ping to barry and doko on #ubuntu-devel is welcome. > > Another goal for the natty release is to make the installation and removal of > python packages more robust. This will result in some packaging changes. > Unless these changes are already made in Debian or coordinated with Debian, > please don't change the packaging. We'll followup later how we will address > these issues. > > Barry Warsaw > Matthias Klose > > -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce
