Re: Python 2 in the default installation -- progress made!

2017-01-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:30:12AM +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote: > >Dear -boot & -cd, > >In re-reading #758234, I noticed a request that -boot and -cd be kept up to >speed with priority changes that might have an impact on the installer. ACK, thanks! >In the thread starting at > > https://

Re: Python 2 in the default installation -- progress made!

2016-12-30 Thread Stuart Prescott
Dear -boot & -cd, In re-reading #758234, I noticed a request that -boot and -cd be kept up to speed with priority changes that might have an impact on the installer. In the thread starting at https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2016/12/msg00070.html we have been looking at whether

Re: Python 2 in the default installation -- progress made!

2016-12-30 Thread Stuart Prescott
On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:14:20 Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 06:52:37AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > I don't know the rationale for having the apt and gpg bindings as Priority > > standard, but if these can be made optional, then the depending packages > > can be made optio

Re: Python 2 in the default installation -- progress made!

2016-12-30 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 06:52:37AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > I don't know the rationale for having the apt and gpg bindings as Priority > standard, but if these can be made optional, then the depending packages can > be > made optional as well. python-apt is standard because it was used by a

Re: Python 2 in the default installation -- progress made!

2016-12-29 Thread Matthias Klose
On 30.12.2016 05:41, Stuart Prescott wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > one of the objectives for stretch was to reduce the number of Python 2 > packages that are installed in common scenarios, instead having the Python 3 > stack take over. The "standard task" within tasksel is a reasonable place to