Python2.3 Sync from Debian unstable

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:09:01PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:

> apparently there was some form of misunderstand, so I did not propose 
> that earlier. Matt asked me to start the discussion here. The proposal 
> is to sync the python2.3 source (and the python-defaults source to 
> provide the /usr/bin/pdb link) from Debian unstable. The current version 
> in warty is based on a build with several patches accidentally not 
> applied, and the fix for #386 applied in upstream CVS. Besides many 
> minor things fixed in the meantime for the packaging and upstream. The 
> upstream changes on python release branches are pretty conservative, not 
> to be compared with p??? upgrades ;)

Here are my concerns:

- The new version is a CVS snapshot

- We have been testing the current version for the past two months, and have
  only two more weeks before the preview release

- The bugs being fixed do not seem particularly serious

Given how close we are to the release, we need a good reason to make an
intrusive change like this.

-- 
 - mdz