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Re: Python 2.7 in, Python 2.5 out, dh_python2



On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:27:06AM +0100, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We plan to upload new python-defaults to unstable really soon now
> (once python2.7 will be available for all architectures in unstable).
> 
> Instead of Python 2.5, it will list Python 2.7 as supported
> (default=2.6; supported=2.6,2.7).
> 
> Once Python 2.7 will be well supported¹ in the archive, Python 2.6 will
> be dropped as well so that Wheezy will support only one Python 2.X version
> (the last one ever released upstream).

+1
 
> No, that's not meant to make security team's life easier, it's a tricky
> way to force the usage of my dh_python2 helper and get rid of
> python-{central,support} ;-)

great plan :-)


Regards
Jan

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