On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 04:34:17PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 11.12.23 16:19, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 08:09:31AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > > [...] > > > You could package a non-conflicting cython-legacy, however that would > > > require more changes, also how to build it. > > > > Hi Matthias, > > > > Unfortunately, at least some of cython3-legacy doesn't currently work > > with Python 3.12, and is the primary cause of (at least) #1056531. > > cython3 provides the pyximport module, and that uses the imp module > > which has been removed from Python 3.12. > > > > Two possible ways forward on this particular bug: > > > > - Disable all of the cython tests for this package for the time being, > > until cython 3.x migrates to testing - this is simple and effective. > > > > - Patch cython3-legacy to use importlib rather than imp. This is > > probably a good thing to do anyway. (It may also be good to do this > > with cython3 version 0.x currently in testing/unstable until cython > > 3.x is able to be uploaded to unstable.) Then have my package's > > autopkgtest depend on cython3-legacy (unless cython3 0.x is also > > patched). > > I won't working on this. Have you tried to depend on the python3-zombie-imp > instead?
Excellent - I didn't know about that. Are you OK for me to upload versions of cython and cython-legacy which depend on this to fix the Python 3.12 breakage? Best wishes, Julian
