Port to Python 3

[Barry Warsaw]

Now that we have python3-xapian1.3 in Xenial, we can port apt-xapian-index to Python 3. I have a two branches in progress. The first ports a-x-i to bilingual Python 2/3 support, and I hope to get this merged upstream.

Once we have that, the delta to switch to Python 3 is relatively small, and my second branch does this.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

I have two branches which I've submitted to the maintainers. The first makes a-x-i bilingual so it should be a low-impact branch to apply in Debian:

http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/apt-xapian-index.git/log/?h=bilingual

The second flips the switch to Python 3 so if the above branch is merged and uploaded, we could carry just a small delta in Ubuntu:

http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/apt-xapian-index.git/log/?h=py3

Let's see what the Debian maintainers say. If needed, I'll carry both deltas in Ubuntu.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package apt-xapian-index - 0.47ubuntu3

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apt-xapian-index (0.47ubuntu3) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches:
    - 04_bilingual.patch: Port the code to work in Python 2.7, 3.4, and 3.5.
    - 05_python3.patch: Switch the default to Python 3. (LP: #1516688)
  * debian/compat: Bump to version 9.
  * debian/control:
    - Bump debhelper version to >= 9.
    - Switch dependencies to their Python 3 version.
    - Use X-Python3-Version instead.
  * debian/rules:
    - Use --with=python3 and --build-system=pybuild
    - Add override_dh_python3 to force /usr/bin/python3 shebang.
    - Run the tests in an override_dh_auto_test target.

 -- Barry Warsaw <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:13:01 -0500