Re: How do I add support for python3 to my package?
On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 03:09:35 PM Paul Elliott wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 02:46:33 PM Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > No. You'd need overrides for a python3 only source package as well. The
> > fundamental problem is debhelper doesn't know about building for python3.
> > That doesn't change no matter how many source packages you split it up
> > into.
> >
> > Scott K
>
> I think you have just put your finger on another problem then.
>
> Nobody thinks python3 is important enough to have a debhelper
> infrastructure?
>
> My upstream tells me he does not know of any python3 programs using his
> module.
>
> Maybe I should delay python3 support then.
Your call. It's a chicken/egg problem. If Python 3 modules aren't provided,
application developers won't use them. If application developers don't use
Python 3 modules, people don't worry about packaging them. It's not very hard
to support, so I would recommend doing it and help move things forward.
The work to properly support Python 3 is in progress, it just isn't done yet.
Debian is a volunteer project and sometimes (as in this case) people don't
have as much time as they had anticipated and things take longer. We all
agree it's important.
Scott K
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