Bug#746741: release.debian.org: dh-python2 transition

[Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@debian.org>]

On 3 May 2014 09:54, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org> wrote:
> On 03/05/14 08:48, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
>> Package: release.debian.org
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear release team,
>>
>> Debian python teams would find useful to evaluate on continuous basis
>> removal of python-support from the archive and thus migrating to
>> dh-python2. We are uncertain of the scope, and the pace at which this
>> transition can be completed. But it would be extremely useful to have a
>> transition tracker setup (permanent-type ?!).
>
> For the scope:
>
> emilio@titan:~$ grep-dctrl -s Package -F Depends python-support
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-amd64_Packages
> | pkg2src | sort -u | wc -l
> 473
> emilio@titan:~$ grep-dctrl -s Package -F Build-Depends python-support
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_source_Sources | wc -l
> 433
>
> (build-rdeps gives 577, not sure why)
>

I do suspect there are also transitive build-dependencies -> e.g. a
dh7 style package with compat level 7 invokes python-support, if
installed by e.g. any of the build-dependencies.

> Nothing depends on python-central (it's even gone from sid and testing).
>

True. In appears that python-central is still in ubuntu.

-- 
Regards,

Dimitri.