Bug#949023: Correction: cpython 3.8

[Tobias Hansen]

Hi,

yes, we are building sagemath only for the default python. For transitioning to python 3.8, upstream is still working on [1] doing it in a python 2 compatible way I think. Since we don't have to support python 2 anymore we can just use the patch from Arch Linux [2].  However the patch changes 200+ results of doctests so once we apply it these tests fail with python 3.7.

Can we get away with only building for the default python also in the future? That would mean that brials autopkgtests can only use the default python, maybe that's ok?

Best,
Tobias

[1] https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/27754
[2] https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/sagemath-python-3.8.patch?h=packages/sagemath


On 1/16/20 5:41 PM, Julien Puydt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I realise I mention cython in my last message, but the file name says
> it's actually about cpython : probably we build something only for the
> default Python 3 and not for all available versions.
>
> I'll ask on the Debian Python Module Team mailing list for insight on
> the matter in a few days if we're stuck.
>
> JP
>