[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#1080851: Samba and Re: Bug#1080851: Missing Build-Depends on python3-setuptools

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Fri, 2024-09-06 at 08:11 +1200, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-09-05 at 16:58 +0200, stefanor at debian.org wrote:
> > Source: samba
> > Version: 2:4.21.0+dfsg-1
> > Severity: important
> > User: debian-python at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: dh-python-no-setuptools
> > Tags: sid, trixie
> > 
> > This package failed build from source when test-built against a version of
> > dh-python without a python3-setuptools dependency.
> > 
> > distutils is no longer part of the Python standard library, since 3.12. But a
> > minimal version of it becomes available when the python3-setuptools package is
> > installed.
> 
> This is disappointing. I as an upstream developer outside the python
> community had hoped that python had learnt to stop breaking the
> language. 
> 
> Could this be added as a dep on the python package side of things, to
> at least undo the damage for Debian users?
> 
> It may be the case that this was already done on Fedora, as that was
> being used as a canary for these changes and we haven't had any such
> feedback from them.

It looks like it might be Debian that is playing canary this time.
 Anyway, I've raise my concerns with them
at https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/85454

> > Please add a Build-Depends on python3-setuptools to your package, or migrate
> > the package's build system away from setuptools/distutils.
> > 
> > If you run into any difficulties, please raise them on
> > debian-python at lists.debian.org.
> 
> > This bug has been filed at "important" severity, as the change hasn't been
> > made in dh-python yet, but this may be raised to RC before the trixie release.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Stefano
> > 
> 

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Andrew Bartlett (he/him) https://samba.org/~abartlet/
Samba Team Member (since 2001) https://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba

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