Bug#817848: libpeas with python2 loader split out just passed through NEW.

Andreas Henriksson andreas at fatal.se
Tue May 10 14:38:16 UTC 2016


Control: retitle 817852 liferea: Please add libpeas-1.0-python2loader to Depends
Control: retitle 817936 roger-router: Please add libpeas-1.0-python2loader to Depends
Control: retitle 817848 gtranslator: Investigate adding libpeas-1.0-python2loader to Recommends/Suggests
Control: severity 817852 serious
Control: severity 817936 serious
Control: severity 817848 minor

Hello!

The new libpeas with python2 loader split out has just passed through the
binary-NEW queue. Please note the new package name which you'll need
to add a dependency on: libpeas-1.0-python2loader
It is ofcourse preferred that you port your package over to using
python3 since python2 will be deprecated, but adding the dependency
on libpeas-1.0-python2loader is an intermediate way to keep your
package functional. Please note that libpeas-1.0-python2loader is
is section oldlibs and is considered obsolete. It will be removed
in the future.

Specific to gtranslator is that adding a dependency is questionable
because:
a) upstream gtranslator git has completely removed support for plugins
b) only one or two very obscure plugins actually needs python2
c) usage of plugins with gtranslator is likely very uncommon
d) the plugins only seemed partially functional when I tested them
   so since they seem unmaintained having them *not* loaded might
   even be considered an improvement. ;)
I've thus retitled to investigate adding a Recommends/Suggests
and lowered the severity since gtranslator itself should stay
functional without the python2 loader.

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson




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