Re: Cython 3.0.0

[Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 08:49:06AM +0000, Stefano Rivera wrote:
> Hi Julian (2022.08.14_07:41:26_+0000)
> > I don't know how many packages in Debian would be broken by the move
> > to 3.0.0; that may be something worth exploring.  It may well be that
> > approach (2) makes most sense for the short term.
> 
> I think that's the first question to answer. Once we know how bad
> the incompatibilities are, we can decide on the best approach.
> 
> So, first step is probably to package the new cython version (locally),
> and try to rebuild everything against it.

That sounds sensible, indeed, once the beta is released.  As cython is
used quite widely (240 packages or so in testing), I wonder whether it
would be appropriate to upload it to experimental and ask Lucas to run
the test builds across the archive?

Best wishes,

   Julian