Bug#937328: pspp: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye

[Ben Pfaff]

Thank you for the note.

PSPP actually builds fine with Python 3 too, but the INSTALL doc that
came with it said that it needed Python 2.7 specifically.  I've updated
the documentation now upstream:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/commit/

So the only change that should be necessary for the packaging is to
update the Build-Depends (PSPP does not use Python at runtime.)


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 1:30 AM Matthias Klose <doko at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Package: src:pspp
> Version: 1.2.0-3
> Severity: normal
> Tags: sid bullseye
> User: debian-python at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: py2removal
>
> Python2 becomes end-of-live upstream, and Debian aims to remove
> Python2 from the distribution, as discussed in
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2019/07/msg00080.html
>
> Your package either build-depends, depends on Python2, or uses Python2
> in the autopkg tests.  Please stop using Python2, and fix this issue
> by one of the following actions.
>
> - Convert your Package to Python3. This is the preferred option.  In
>   case you are providing a Python module foo, please consider dropping
>   the python-foo package, and only build a python3-foo package.  Please
>   don't drop Python2 modules, which still have reverse dependencies,
>   just document them.
>
>   This is the preferred option.
>
> - If the package is dead upstream, cannot be converted or maintained
>   in Debian, it should be removed from the distribution.  If the
>   package still has reverse dependencies, raise the severity to
>   "serious" and document the reverse dependencies with the BTS affects
>   command.  If the package has no reverse dependencies, confirm that
>   the package can be removed, reassign this issue to ftp.debian.org,
>   make sure that the bug priority is set to normal and retitle the
>   issue to "RM: PKG -- removal triggered by the Python2 removal".
>
> - If the package has still many users (popcon >= 300), or is needed to
>   build another package which cannot be removed, document that by
>   adding the "py2keep" user tag (not replacing the py2remove tag),
>   using the debian-python at lists.debian.org user.  Also any
>   dependencies on an unversioned python package (python, python-dev)
>   must not be used, same with the python shebang.  These have to be
>   replaced by python2/python2.7 dependencies and shebang.
>
>   This is the least preferred option.
>
> If the conversion or removal needs action on another package first,
> please document the blocking by using the BTS affects command, like
>
>   affects <bug number of blocking py2removal bug> + src:pspp
>
> If there is no py2removal bug for that reverse-dependency, please file
> a bug on this package (similar to this bug report).
>
> If there are questions, please refer to the wiki page for the removal:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal, or ask for help on IRC
> #debian-python, or the debian-python at lists.debian.org mailing list.
>