[Python-apps-team] Bug#934264: Please update (4.6.2?) and provide/switch to python3

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

On Fri, 09 Aug 2019, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > 4.5.0 still causes segfaults for me (while trying to build/test python-mne
> > package).  I could not get to upstream's download page for mayavi2 (server bogs
> > out), but conda seems to have 4.6.2 https://anaconda.org/anaconda/mayavi  so I guess
> > it is out there.

> Its definitely out and the watch file reports a new version which even
> supports Python3.  I've updated the packaging Git[1] to latest packaging

THANKS for looking into it!

> standards (attention, since I know NeuroDebian prefers lower versions
> of debhelper - feel free to revert my switch to debhelper 12!) and

well, we could try to backport build (after lowering) but I am not sure
if we would love to take that monster mayavi2 under our backports wing
;)

> tried to convert the build system to Python3 but unfortunately the
> configure step fails with:

> ...

> Remark: Since it seems the package is not really maintained by the
> Uploader inside the PAPT team and entering the PAPT team might take a
> bit longer I'd consider it a sensible step to take over the package to
> Debian Science team to enable more people an easy access to the
> repository.  I'm not keen on "nursing" merge requests of grown up
> Python developers just because these are not part of PAPT team.

well -- I guess that should be cleared up with the PAPT team / original
uploaders (at least with Varun ?  any objections?)

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