Package: python3-tk Followup-For: Bug #1031909 Some notes from inspecting (but not yet testing) the relevant scripts:
* There is an open merge request intended to fix a bug when too-many-files
are encountered by the lib2to3 'prerm' script:
* https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3-stdlib/-/merge_requests/1
* The python3-distutils and python3-lib2to3 packages have prerm 'upgrade'
steps to remove bytecode; python3-tk does not:
*
https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3-stdlib/-/blob/519a4643ba82ffd035827df37002c64853d4913b/debian/python3-distutils.prerm#L27-28
*
https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3-stdlib/-/blob/519a4643ba82ffd035827df37002c64853d4913b/debian/python3-lib2to3.prerm#L27-28
*
https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3-stdlib/-/blob/519a4643ba82ffd035827df37002c64853d4913b/debian/python3-tk.prerm#L27
* All three of the previously-mentioned binary packages clear out
py3.9-and-older library content during 'postinst' of more recent package
versions; a similar step for py3.10 library content could be worth adding
*
https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3-stdlib/-/blob/519a4643ba82ffd035827df37002c64853d4913b/debian/python3-lib2to3.postinst.in#L22-41
