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

[Stéphane Graber]

On 01/02/2012 10:20 AM, Stéphane Graber wrote:
> 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.

Same for opendict and Debian bug 616926.


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Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
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