Re: dropping python2 [was Re: scientific python stack transitions]

[Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>]

On 2019-07-07 23:31, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 07.07.19 16:55, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > On 2019-07-07 22:46, Mo Zhou wrote:
> > > Hi science team,
> > >
> > > By the way, when do we start dropping python2 support?
> > > The upstreams of the whole python scientific computing
> > > stack had already started dropping it.
> >
> > Good question.  I think it is on the agenda this cycle, but 
> > debian-python will
> > have the call on it.
>
> you can start dropping it now, however please don't drop anything yet 
> with
> reverse dependencies.  So leaf packages first.

That a sensible order.  It puts packages on the same footing as new 
packages, which are already forbidden by lintian from building python2 
packages.

Drew