Bug#746709: transition: python3 -- change the default to 3.4
On 28/05/14 06:22, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> 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.
All scheduled except for libreoffice (I'll do that one later if the others seem
fine). Looks like pyotherside needs a binnmu as well, is that right?
Emilio
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