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Bug#746709: transition: python3 -- change the default to 3.4



On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 23:18:06 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + confirmed
> 
> On 13/05/14 04:29, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > On Friday, May 02, 2014 20:07:00 Matthias Klose wrote:
> >> Package: release.debian.org
> >> 
> >> Jessie should ship with Python 3.4 as the default, and with 3.4 as the
> >> only
> >> Python3 version.  So lets start with making 3.4 the default.  Two months
> >> ago, the archive was buildable with 3.4 as the default (not directly
> >> checked with unstable, but with the Ubuntu development release at this
> >> time).  The majority of the bugs seen with 3.4 [1] has been fixed in the
> >> archive.  A bug for python3.4 should be fixed for the release (#732703,
> >> Barry Warsaw is working on this), and dh-python needs some updates.
> >> Rebuilding extensions might affect ongoing transitions, but we don't have
> >> yet that many for Python3.
> >> 
> >>   Matthias
> >> 
> >> [1]
> >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=python3.4;users=debian-> >> pyt hon@lists.debian.org
> > 
> > Looking at the Packages.qz for main/i386 I came up with this list of
> > packages that need uploads/binNMUs once python3.4 is default (none of
> > them support multiple python versions, so it can't be done in advance as
> > the packages are now).  It seems quite manageable to me.
> > 
> > blender  - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > gdb - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > geis - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > yafaray - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > libpeas - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > libreoffice - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > libsigrokdecode - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > postgresql-9.3 - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > pyqt5  - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > znc - binNMU after 3.4 default
> > morse-simulator - Needs source upload after 3.4 is default
> > 
> > I think we can do this anytime after the current libreoffice and pyqt5
> > uploads migrate.
> 
> As discussed on IRC, let's do this one.

Thanks.  python3-defaults is uploaded with a low enough version to transition 
to testing regardless of if the python3.4 in sid makes it or not.

Also, I think morse-simulator can be binNMUed after all.  I'm not sure now why 
I thought that needed a source upload.

Scott K

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