Hi, Python 2.0.1 is out, finally with a GPL compatible license. Zope 2.3.3 works fine with Python 2.0; I'm not aware of any problems with Debian packages wrt. Python 2.x. That nullifies all reasons for the existance of dual Python packages in Debian (cf. /usr/share/doc/python2/README.why-python2)
IMHO this is the point where we should make a big step, and enforce a quick transition of the archive to Python 2.0.1. This would mean that I upload new versions of the Python packages: (1) python2 (python2-base etc.) would be removed (2) python 2.0.1-1 (python-base etc.) would replace python 1.5.2-16 (3) A new set of legacy packages python15 (python152 ???) for those who think that they depend on the old version 1.5.2. The transition would not be simple, though. Nearly all Python packages (to be exact: those who install things in /usr/lib/python1.5, those who build binary extension modules, and those who link with libpython1.5) would have to be modified and rebuilt. Those packages that provide both python2-* and python-* versions would have to be modified to instead build python-* and python15-* versions; the dependencies of those packages would need closer inspection. Still I think it is much preferable to make this transition before the release of woody; when we release woody with python2-* packages this will be a big unnecessary burden for the next release; when we make the migration now, only people who are using unstable might be hurt during the transition process. What do you think ? Gregor