[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#707341: please support python3 (and python3.3-uno)

[Rene Engelhard]

Package: gnumed-client
Version: 1.2.9+dfsg-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream

Hi,

LibreOffice 4.0 switched to python 3.3 as its (internal) python[1] and the
LibreOffice 4.x packages in Debian thus build a pyUNO variant for that
per default (python3.3-uno until python 3.3 - yes, really, >= 3.3 is
needed - is default at which time it will become python3-uno again).

While I keep a python-uno for compatibility and smooth transition[2]
building against python 2 will only be supported "for a few releases"
upstream. But upstream does NOT ship python 2 support.

If your upstream wants to support LibreOffice >= 4.0.0 (s)he does need
to adapt to python 3.3. Possibly even makng it work for both[2], but >= 3.3
is a must.

Please adapt (or make your upstream adapt, as said above they need to do
it anyway) for python3.

Regards,

Rene

[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0#Python
[2] And it's cumbersome, it needs various hacks like a nasty
    "copy pyuno, patch it to have different lib names, create symlink farm"
    and some tests even don't run with python2 anymore in 4.1.x
[3] as did LibreOffice itself, all LibreOffice packages have a
    python3.3-uno | python3-uno (>= 4.0) | python-uno depends

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnumed-client depends on:
ii  aspell                    0.60.7~20110707-1
ii  file                      1:5.11-3
pn  gnumed-common             <none>
ii  ispell                    3.3.02-6
ii  python                    2.7.3-4
pn  python-egenix-mxdatetime  <none>
pn  python-enchant            <none>
pn  python-gnuplot            <none>
pn  python-wxgtk2.8           <none>
ii  texlive-latex-base        2012.20120611-5

Versions of packages gnumed-client recommends:
pn  cups-pdf                                       <none>
ii  elinks [www-browser]                           0.12~pre5-9
pn  extract                                        <none>
pn  freediams                                      <none>
pn  ginkgocadx | aeskulap | amide | dicomscope |   <none>
pn  gnumed-doc                                     <none>
pn  gtklp                                          <none>
ii  iceweasel [www-browser]                        10.0.12esr-1+nmu1
ii  libreoffice-writer                             1:4.1.0~alpha1~git20130424-1
ii  lynx-cur [www-browser]                         2.8.8dev.15-2
pn  ntp | ntpdate                                  <none>
pn  pdftk                                          <none>
ii  python-uno                                     1:4.1.0~alpha1~git20130424-1
ii  texlive-latex-extra                            2012.20120611-2
ii  texlive-latex-recommended                      2012.20120611-5
pn  wgerman-medical                                <none>
ii  xdg-utils                                      1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7
pn  xsane                                          <none>

Versions of packages gnumed-client suggests:
pn  autokey-qt | autokey-gtk  <none>
pn  edfbrowser                <none>
ii  gimp                      2.8.4-1
pn  gnumed-server             <none>
pn  incron                    <none>
pn  konsolekalendar           <none>
pn  korganizer                <none>
pn  libchipcard-tools         <none>
pn  pgadmin3                  <none>
pn  shutdown-at-night         <none>