Bug#806824: libpeas: Split Python 2 and 3 support

[Barry Warsaw]

Source: libpeas
Severity: wishlist

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Dear Maintainer,

As we move to a world dominated by Python 3, we are trying to reduce
the dependencies on Python 2 in Debian and derivatives.  libpeas is a
problem because the package links against both Python 2 and Python 3.

I don't know whether it makes sense to support both at the same time,
but it definitely makes sense to have a version that only supports
Python 3.  For example, in Ubuntu we want to remove Python 2 from the
default images, but we can't do that with a libpeas that links against
both Python 2 and 3.

At the least, we need a libpeas built without --enable-python2.
Questions:

* Does it also make sense to have a libpeas built without
  --enable-python3?
  
* Does it still make sense to have a libpeas built with both
  --enable-python2 and --enable-python3 as is currently the case?

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

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