On Tue, Jan 22 2019, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > Quoting Mattia Rizzolo <mat...@debian.org>: >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 12:18:09PM +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote: >>> I'm going to package the latest git master of web.py¹, because of >>> Python 3.7 compatibility. It has a new dependency on cheroot², which >>> has only a Python 3 version in Debian. I could ask Julien to provide a >>> Python 2 package of cheroot for buster, but I prefer to drop Python 2 >>> support of web.py instead. Any opinions? >> >> I would say "go for the drop!!!" if not for the presence of a reverse >> dependency of the python2 package (rebuildd). So IMHO the best would >> be: >> * port rebuildd to py3 >> * drop the py2 package > > Julien & Julien, how realistic is moving rebuildd³ to Python 3 for > buster? Or better upload cheroot with Python 2 support for now? > The update of web.py is, unfortunately, necessary for Python 3.7.
I'm not actively maintaining rebuildd for years now. I'm not even sure it has still any user. I wouldn't spend time on porting rebuildd nor I would let it block it updating web.py. Not sure what's the other solution would be (removal?) but if you have any idea, go ahead. -- Julien Danjou # Free Software hacker # https://julien.danjou.info
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