pycuda needs a rebuild for python 3.8

[Graham Inggs]

Hi Andreas

On 2019/11/21 02:10, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 20/11/2019 09.54, Graham Inggs wrote:
>> The pycuda source package needs a rebuild for adding python 3.8 as a
>> supported version [1].
> 
> 
>> Does this require a source-only upload, or is there some way to binNMU
>> non-free packages?

I must have meant sourceful (+ binaries) upload here, because 
source-only would only have worked if the package was auto-buildable, in 
which case a regular binNMU would have worked too.

> Autobuildable packages in contrib/non-free can be binNMUes by the RT as
> usual.
> Not autobuildable packages in contrib and non-free (i.e. either not
> whitelisted or having non-free B-D) can be binNMUed "manually", a DD
> builds a binNMU locally (e.g. pbuilder supports this) and uploads it.
> These manual binNMUs are usually done by sthibault and/or me for CUDA
> transitions and I don't mind doing them for other non-free bits, too,
> if needed for some transition (there are a few packages where I already
> did this several times over the last years). Sometimes I stomp upon them
> in my piuparts instance (which tests contrib and non-free, too), but if
> someone from the RT gives me a hint, I might act earlier ;-)

Ah, thanks for the explanation.  I knew this had been done in the past 
for nvidia-cuda-toolkit transitions, but didn't see anything in cycuda's 
changelogs, news or the buildd logs.
> I'll take care of pycuda.

Thanks!  I see 2018.1.1-4+b1 already here:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=pycuda&suite=unstable

Regards
Graham