On 2/2/20 5:53 PM, Rene Engelhard wrote: > On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 09:35:04AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: >>> On 17-01-2020 23:28, Matthias Klose wrote: >>>> Please add a transition tracker to switch the python3 default to 3.8. >>>> It's not >>>> yet ready, however it would be good to see affected packages. Please copy >>>> it >>>> from the 3.7 defaults change if possible. >>> >>> Tracker is in place. Please remove the moreinfo tag when you're ready. >> >> I think this is now in shape to be started. bug reports have been filed for > > I don't think so. > > e.g. fontforge is still red in > https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/python3.8.html. > > That means that a rebuild of stuff using fontforge in the build will > just FTBFS since it will be called with python3.8 and that has no module > for 3.8 (yet). > > (Seen in a python-3.8-as-default testbuild for libreoffice some time > ago.)
you are wrong. fontforge just builds for the default python version.
