<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>An update on the transition to Python 3.6: Python 3.6 is now a supported version in artful release, and almost all packages that build C extensions have been rebuilt (pandas is still a problem).</div><div><br></div><div>We have created a PPA where python3.6 is the default and rebuilt all python packages: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~canonical-foundations/+archive/ubuntu/python3.6-as-default/+packages">https://launchpad.net/~canonical-foundations/+archive/ubuntu/python3.6-as-default/+packages</a> and the next step is to fix all the failures this reveals. The initial failing source packages are listed in <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/24903638/">http://paste.ubuntu.com/24903638/</a> although some of those have been fixed now.</div><div><br></div><div>Once the failures are accounted for, we can flip the switch to make python 3.6 the default in the archive.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>mwh</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 May 2017 at 11:29, Michael Hudson-Doyle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.hudson@canonical.com" target="_blank">michael.hudson@canonical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>The process of adding Python 3.6 as a supported version has begun.</div><div><br></div><div>The transition tracker is here:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/transitions/html/python3.5-6.html" target="_blank">https://people.canonical.com/~<wbr>ubuntu-archive/transitions/<wbr>html/python3.5-6.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>and I'm currently working my way down the list.</div><div><br></div><div>I did a test rebuild of all/most dependent packages in a ppa:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mwhudson/+archive/ubuntu/devirt/+packages" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~<wbr>mwhudson/+archive/ubuntu/<wbr>devirt/+packages</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>And compiled some terse notes on the failures here:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/24557408/" target="_blank">http://paste.ubuntu.com/<wbr>24557408/</a></div><div><br></div><div>And help resolving the failures would be appreciated (especially pandas!)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>mwh</div></div>
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