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 mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel