No Python3 support for omniORB

[Markus Partheymueller]

Currently, the python-omniorb package requires Python 2.7. Are there any plans to add the Python 3 version? Other distributions already have this (e.g., Fedora), and the version of the source package (4.2.2) already has Python 3 support.

[Markus Partheymueller (kleeparthy)]

With the recent announcement to EOL Python2, it would be really time to include the Python3 version of this package. Is there any plan to do so?

[Thomas P (gonzodaruler)]

Hi,

this is also an issue for me as we have software that requires python3 bindings or CORBA. Are there any plans to add an updated python-omniorb package in the next release?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Luis C. Pérez Tato (l-pereztato)]

Salome (https://www.salome-platform.org/) doesn't compile without omniORB for Python3.

[Markus Partheymueller (kleeparthy)]

I found a thread discussing how Fedora handled the side-by-side installation for their RPM packages: http://www.omniorb-support.com/pipermail/omniorb-list/2017-August/031921.html

Is there anything fundamental preventing an updated package? Given that there are only two months left for Python2, the only alternative for me would be to drop support for Ubuntu in the affected projects, which would be a shame.