[Python-modules-team] Bug#736878: python-django: Please provide python3-django

[Raphael Hertzog]

(CCing Barry who expressed interested in python3-django as well)

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Jun 2014, Brian May wrote:
> What needs to happen in order to make this happen? Are there any missing
> dependencies?

Django has very few dependencies, so I don't think this is what is
missing. It's just a matter of getting someone knowledgable to do
the work.

I have not yet converted any package to python 3 so I should look
up how to do it.

> Can we offer any assistance?

Sure, prepare a patch! :-)

I think the basic idea should be along this:

- enable dh_python3
- add binary package python3-django with the relevant files and binary
  dependencies

One question where I don't have a clear answer is whether we should try
to put the code in some python-django-common package because otherwise
python3-django and python-django contain the same set of files just
in different directories (and with different dependencies). The answer is
probably yes because the package is relatively big... but then I don't
know of any Python package where the code lies in a dependency and where
the binary package just provides the byte-compiling glue for a specific
Python version.

If anyone knows a sample package where we can get inspiration from, please
let us know.

Cheers,
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