Re: dropping python2 [was Re: scientific python stack transitions]
On 7/8/19 10:10 AM, Ansgar wrote:
> Thomas Goirand writes:
>> On 7/7/19 5:31 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>>> you can start dropping it now, however please don't drop anything yet with
>>> reverse dependencies. So leaf packages first.
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I think I need to contest this. Doing things in order,
>> first leaf, then go all the way back, will take too long, and this is
>> IMO unnecessary effort. Older binary packages will anyway stay in the
>> archive as long as they are needed, and no FTP hint is added (please
>> correct me if I'm wrong here... but that's what I saw in the past).
>
> Packages usually don't migrate to testing if they cause packages to be
> uninstallable which will happen if you start breaking reverse
> dependencies. Will that be the case here?
Right. Which will be an incentive to fix the reverse-dependency, and a
way to see what work is remaining to be done.
Maybe we can also do a mass-bugfilling after a period we can discuss
(probably during Debconf?).
> Removing an entire language isn't a simple case, even less so when
> doesn't mean we just remove all packages written in said language
Right.
Thomas
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