Re: Bug#755757: transition: wxpython3.0
Am 23.07.2014 03:38, schrieb Olly Betts:
> Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User:
> release.debian.org@packages.debian.org Usertags: transition Control: block
> -1 by 734799
>
> This is a follow-on from the wxwidgets3.0 transition. The wxwidgets2.8
> source package actually contains the wxpython source, which has an embedded
> copy of wxwidgets. This has become unworkable as the wxpython releases now
> lag the corresponding wxwidgets releases by many months, so for 3.0 we're
> splitting the source packages.
>
> The intention is to eliminate wxwidgets2.8 (and hence wxpython 2.8) before
> releasing jessie - the last upstream release (2.8.12) was over 3 years ago,
> and there's very little upstream interest in bugs in it now.
are you saying that around 80 packages will be removed for jessie just because
wxpython isn't yet ported to 3.0?
> This should be a "smooth transition", as the packages for wxpython 2.8 and
> 3.0 are co-installable.
Maybe I misunderstand something but I wouldn't call this "smooth".
Matthias
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