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Re: Status Update For Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported

From Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.maint.python
Subject Re: Status Update For Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported
Date 2015-10-12 21:40 +0200
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On Monday, October 12, 2015 09:25:43 PM Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:24:02AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > Additionally, looking ahead to the next transition that makes python3.5
> > the
> > default python3, it would be good to look at the packages that build-dep
> > on
> > python3-dev and see if it's reasonable to have them build-dep on
> > python3-all- dev and build for all supported python3 versions.
> > 
> > Packages that only build for the default version will break until rebuilt
> > as soon as the default changes, whereas extensions that are built for all
> > supported python3 versions continue to work just fine.  The fewer default
> > only packages we have, the less breakage goes with changing the default
> > [2].  I have not investigated these at all.
> 
> [...]
> 
> And then
> 
> > [2]
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?filename=python3-dev.list;b
> > ug=798999;msg=84;att=1
> which says:
> 
> Reverse-Build-Depends
> =====================
> [...]
> * libreoffice
> [...]
> 
> Please, not this discussion again. :)

snip of detailed discussion about why not LO.

Thanks for the detailed analysis.  OK, let's not investigate that one any 
further.

Scott K

P.S.  No need to CC me as I am subscribed.

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Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org> - 2015-09-16 23:30 +0200
  Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2015-09-17 00:00 +0200
    Re: Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2015-09-25 04:20 +0200
      Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2015-09-26 14:30 +0200
        Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com> - 2015-09-27 16:20 +0200
          Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2015-09-27 16:40 +0200
            Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Tomasz Rybak <tomasz.rybak@post.pl> - 2015-09-29 22:10 +0200
    Status Update For Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2015-10-12 16:30 +0200
      Re: Status Update For Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> - 2015-10-12 21:30 +0200
        Re: Status Update For Bug#798999: transition: python3.5 supported Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2015-10-12 21:40 +0200

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