Re: python2.4

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Ganesan Rajagopal writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Somebody had to ask again, so this time I'll do it. What's holding up
> python2.4 as the default python even in unstable? 

upgrade testing; If you do want to help on it, please install the
packages from experimental and check, if/what is going wrong.  I would
like to see some results from test upgrades.  With yesterday's
python2.x uploads these upgrades should succeed, but getting bug
reports like #380597 doesn't look encouraging.  So if you do want
help, do a test upgrade.

More than 90% of the bug reports filed by Pierre Habouzit for the
Python transition are currently solved.  I'm not sure, if all of the
remaining ones should be addressed, or if the packages should just be
dropped. A lot of these are for software, where newer versions are in
the archive as well (gnome1, wxwindows2.4, ...). But again, you can
help here by NMUing packages which you would like to see in etch.
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=madcoder-python-transition@debian.org

With most of the work done (regarding the pythonX.Y-foo packages), we
have to change the default version to go on and convert the remaining
ones.  But again, it would be nice to see some reports about sucessful
upgrades. Can you send one?

Pierre agreed to prepare another mass bug filing for the remaining
packages which need changes; Hope we can get this done by tonight.

An unrelated thing is to make the interpreter link with the shared
libpython (it will cost some performance, but some applications
need it). The packages are prepared for that; if you can test it,
please do.

  Matthias