[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#936792: kicad: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye

[Andreas Henriksson]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 07:22:04AM +0000, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Package: src:kicad
> Version: 5.1.4+dfsg1-1
> 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
[...]

It seems the kicad package has already (mostly) been switched over
to python3. The only python2 related things I could spot is the
libpython-stdlib build-dependency. This seems to be something lingering
from a long time ago which maybe just isn't relevant anymore.

I tried to find the original reason it was introduced and in
debian/changelog entry for 4.0.2+dfsg1-3 I found the following
pretty cryptic message:

  * added a build-dependency on libpython-stdlib, which should not harm
    for most architectures, and might be necessary on a few ones.

Maybe this should be switched over to libpython3-stdlib now that
everything else uses python3, but I also wouldn't be surprised if
it should just be dropped because the cryptic description kind of
smells like a bogus excuse to me.

Could kicad maintainers please comment on what you think?

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson