python-mkdebian: Support python3 projects
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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python-distutils-extra (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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High
|
Barry Warsaw |
Bug Description
Currently, projects using python-mkdebian have to be Python2 based. It would be nice if it supported Python3 projects.
A few things I've noticed that would have to change:
* Don't simply call "python setup.py install_egg_info". Instead, detect which version to use (or make setup.py executable, then run it).
* When writing debian/control, you'll have to decide whether to depend on python or python3.
* If you switch to dh_python2, you'd have to consider dh_python3 too.
* mod2package() and _get_pkg_
I don't know if this is best done via a new python3-mkdebian or just have python-mkdebian detect which path to take.
Changed in python-distutils-extra (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Barry Warsaw (barry) |
summary: |
- Support python3 projects + python-mkdebian: Support python3 projects |
no longer affects: | python-distutils-extra |
Changed in python-distutils-extra (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
is there any news on that item? it's on the quantal tracker and blocking other work so it would be good to have an idea if that will happen this cycle or not