The current python2.4 and python2.5 package in testing and unstable are ready for the transition to python 2.5 as the default python version. However many packages still need updates for python 2.5, either as a rebuild to build an extension module for 2.5, or to fix a problem with python2.5. To ease the migration of these packages to testing, these packages should be fixed first and migrate to testing before we make python 2.5 the default python version. We still keep support for python 2.4 in the archive, because some packages do not work yet with 2.5 (zope2.x being the most important one).
There is no release date for python 2.6 yet. Looking at release intervals we may see a 2.6 release before the lenny release, but looking at the speed that third party code is adopted for a new python upstream release it seems to be unlikely to make 2.6 the default python version for lenny. Still hoping to drop support for 2.4 once a zope2.x version supporting 2.5 is released... Some python 2.5 compatibility patches can be found at http://packages.qa.debian.org/<pkgsource> in the Ubuntu diff, if a fix was applied in an upload to Ubuntu; in most cases I didn't file an explicit bug in the BTS. Please email me if you want help in extracting/applying the patch for the Debian package. Since sarge we do build pythonX.Y-dbg packages, which hold the python interpreter build --with-pydebug. Extensions need to be rebuilt to be loadable with this debug build. Some extension modules have been rebuilt for Ubuntu feisty to support the debug interpreter build. A short build description and a list of packages can be found at [1]. I will file wishlist bug reports to package these for Debian as well. Matthias [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PyDbgBuilds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
