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Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster

From Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.maint.python
Subject Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster
Date 2019-01-22 23:10 +0100
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Hi,

Le 22/01/2019 à 14:36, W. Martin Borgert a écrit :
> Quoting Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>:
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 12:18:09PM +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
>>> I'm going to package the latest git master of web.py¹, because of
>>> Python 3.7 compatibility. It has a new dependency on cheroot², which
>>> has only a Python 3 version in Debian. I could ask Julien to provide a
>>> Python 2 package of cheroot for buster, but I prefer to drop Python 2
>>> support of web.py instead. Any opinions?
>>
>> I would say "go for the drop!!!" if not for the presence of a reverse
>> dependency of the python2 package (rebuildd).  So IMHO the best would
>> be:
>>  * port rebuildd to py3
>>  * drop the py2 package
> 
> Julien & Julien, how realistic is moving rebuildd³ to Python 3 for
> buster? Or better upload cheroot with Python 2 support for now?
> The update of web.py is, unfortunately, necessary for Python 3.7.

I could make a python-cheroot binary package, but that would need to go 
through NEW again if I remember well, and if it's just to accomodate a 
package which upstream didn't port to Python 3 after so many years... 
isn't it beating a dead horse?

JP

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Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2019-01-22 12:20 +0100
  Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2019-01-22 12:40 +0100
    Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2019-01-22 14:40 +0100
      Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org> - 2019-01-22 15:10 +0100
        Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2019-01-22 23:40 +0100
        Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2019-01-22 23:40 +0100
        Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2019-02-04 12:20 +0100
          Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org> - 2019-02-04 22:40 +0100
      Re: Dropping Python 2 support for web.py before buster Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net> - 2019-01-22 23:10 +0100

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