On 3 September 2012 21:27, Thomas Kluyver <tho...@kluyver.me.uk> wrote: > Hi Nigel, > > On 3 September 2012 14:57, Nigel Sedgwick <n...@camalg.co.uk> wrote: >> The application makes heavy use of numpy and wx and will soon make heavy >> use of scipy, matplotlib and various other python libraries that are >> widely used. > > Python 3 versions of numpy and scipy are already in wheezy. wx and > matplotlib haven't yet released Python 3 compatible versions, and > Wheezy is frozen now, so they've missed that boat. If you need to use > those packages for a substantial application in the near future, > sticking with Python 2 for now is your safest bet. If you use Python > 2.6 or 2.7 with modern idioms, it should be relatively easy to port > code later when all the libraries are ready. > > As far as I understand Debian, none of those python3- packages will be > added to Squeeze. The idea of a stable release is that the only > updates it gets are bugfixes and security. >
One more thing.... there is debian-backports =) http://backports-master.debian.org/ You may want to request a backport from folks who do those, and maybe (dependencies permitting) they can make a python3 backport of scipy / numpy for current stable release squeeze. > Looking further ahead: matplotlib is aiming to release a Python 3 > version in October. wxPython has a development version working on > Python 3, but I don't see any indication of how soon a release is > planned. Other GUI toolkits (Qt, GTK) already support Python 3, if > they are an option for you. > > Best wishes, > Thomas > Regards, Dmitrijs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/canbhluj7xcppo3bgujw-7+sazvjvet_kjtqdovfh-3-7ruk...@mail.gmail.com
