Getting rid of python-central and python-support for 12.04

[Stéphane Graber]

On 12/20/2011 11:05 AM, Stéphane Graber wrote:
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> On 12/20/2011 10:26 AM, Stéphane Graber wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> One of our goals for 12.04 is to be an LTS, which means supporting
>> all of Edubuntu 12.04 for 3 to 5 years. To make that easier, we're
>> trying to limit our dependencies as much as possible.
>>
>> We already got rid of freemind and geogebra to avoid inheriting all
>> of java and it's now time to look at our python packages.
>>
>> A quick look shows the following list of packages that we ship and
>> rely on python-central or python-support:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BarryWarsaw/PythonHelpers calibre
>> edubuntu-menueditor     (python-central) lybniz
>> (python-central) opendict                (python-central)
>> python-cherrypy3        (python-support) python-gevent
>> (python-support) python-pyparsing        (python-support)
>> python-wxgtk2.8         (python-central) python-wxversion
>> (python-central) python-x2go
>>
>> (calibre and python-x2go depend on one of the others but aren't
>> themselves using python-support or python-central)
>>
>> The idea is to go through the list above and convert the packaging
>> to dh_python2 which is the supported way of doing python packaging
>> nowadays.
>>
>> The conversion steps look like: 1) Check on Debian's side for a
>> newer version of the package already using dh_python2 2) Check on
>> Debian's side for a patch on the bug tracker that we could use 3)
>> Check on Ubuntu's side for a patch on the bug tracker that we could
>> use 4) Convert the packaging yourself 5) Submit any change back to
>> Debian 6) Upload
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BarryWarsaw/PythonHelpers provides some
>> more information.
>>
>> I'll be having a look at the package list above over the next few
>> days, at least convert any of these packages that's only in Ubuntu
>> and look for existing fixes in Debian.
>>
>> If you want to help, feel free to pick any of these, just make sure
>> to reply to this post so we all know who's doing what.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I just converted and uploaded edubuntu-menueditor.
>
> All the others on the list except wxwidgets2.8 (python-wxgtk2.8 and
> python-wxversion) don't have a more recent version in Debian though
> they may still have patches available either on Launchpad or on the
> Debian BTS.
>
> wxwidgets2.8 has a new version in Debian that uses dh_python2 but it's
> a fairly critical library so it's not going to be an easy merge.

Uploaded lybniz and submitted the patch to Debian in bug 616882.


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Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
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