[Python-modules-team] Bug#666796: Apache 2.4 upload date scheduled for May 30

[Arthur de Jong]

On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 13:13 +0200, Arno Töll wrote:
> we are ready to upload Apache2 2.4 to Debian Sid now. This means the
> transition is effectively starting now, and going to break your modules.

I have been working on getting mod_python into shape (somewhat). I have
cleaned up the packaging (switch to dh_python2, dh sequencer, quilt 3.0
source format, etc. I also tried to clean up a little (removing code for
upgrades from ancient versions, etc.).

As a last step I've upgraded to the code to build using Apache 2.4 and
switch the maintainer scripts to use apache2-maintscript-helper
(actually using dh_apache2 resulted in the removal of all maintainer
scripts).

In the patch (20_apach24.patch) I only made the absolute minimal number
of changes to allow mod_python to be buildable and loadable by Apache
(breaking some functionality in the process, see the patch). This is far
from a nice solution. I only did minimal testing (that the module
loads).

I've uploaded the updated package to experimental.

I don't know yet if I'm 100% comfortable with uploading this to
unstable. If someone can do more thorough testing, that would be very
welcome. I don't think I can upload the package to unstable in a
specific time slot.

Packages is in DPMT repository: 
Vcs-Svn: svn://anonscm.debian.org/python-modules/packages/libapache2-mod-python/trunk/
Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/python-modules/packages/libapache2-mod-python/trunk/

In any case, if no-one steps up, removing mod_python from testing to get
Apache 2.4 in is probably the best option. The number of users of
mod_python should be limited (everyone should be using mod_wsgi).

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-- arthur - adejong at debian.org - http://people.debian.org/~adejong --
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