Package: python-gi-dev Version: 3.34.0-3 Severity: normal Tags: patch Forwarded: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/pygobject/merge_requests/2
Dimitri Ledkov <@xnox> writes: > Drop python-gi dependency from python-gi-dev. python2 is getting > actively removed, and python-gi-dev which is used for python3 bindings > shouldn't pull in python2 bindings. > > Things that want to continue building python2 bindings will now need > to build-depend on "python-gi-dev, python-gi". > > I thought of proposing "python2-gi-dev" and "python3-gi-dev" packages, > but I think it's unnecessary as a change in build-depends will be forced > upon reverse depends, and it's better to only force on those that want > to continue building python2 packages. > > It's important to upload this now, as lots of tooling is used to > analyze which packages still build-depend on python2, and this package > transitively introduces python2 build-dependenices on python3-only > packages. I'm opening this as a bug so that I can use it to block the resulting bugs in (according to Dimitri's analysis): * avahi * gedit-developer-plugins * gnat-gps * gst-python1.0 * nautilus-python * pyatspi Implementation plan ------------------- * Report bugs in the above packages * Give maintainers an opportunity to fix those bugs * Drop dependency (accept !2) * Raise any remaining bugs to serious severity Out of scope ------------ I am not intending to remove the dependency on python3-gi-dev at this stage, although it would maybe make a future Python 4 transition easier if we did (python-dbus-dev already works like this). If done, that would potentially affect the other reverse-build-deps of python-gi-dev: * accerciser * alacarte * blueman * caribou * catfish * gedit * glade * glom * gnome-dvb-daemon * gnome-music * gnumeric * ibus * libaccounts-glib * libgit2-glib * libgom * libpeas * lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings * lollypop * menulibre * mozo * mypaint * nemo-python * orca * piper * planner * python-caja * rhythmbox * thunarx-python * totem * v-sim * vips * xapp * xpra If this is desired, please use a separate bug to coordinate.
