[Python-modules-team] Bug#788561: python3-memcache not Python 3 compatible

[Thomas Goirand]

On 07/28/2015 10:22 PM, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Adam Barratt reported an interesting thing at #793117: python3-memcache
> has reverse dependencies, and python3-memcache's removal would lead to their
> simultaneous deletion.
> 
> $ apt-rdepends -r python3-memcache                                                                                                                                       
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> python3-memcache
> Reverse Depends: python3-celery (3.1.18-1)
> python3-celery
>   Reverse Depends: python3-django-celery (3.1.16-2)
>   Reverse Depends: python3-django-celery-transactions (0.3.2-1)
> python3-django-celery
> python3-django-celery-transactions
> 
> So, I think we should contact their maintainers before doing anything, to see 
> what we can do to avoid their removal.
> 
> Regards,
>  Hugo

FYI, memcached 1.56 was released a few days ago, and I have uploaded it
to Sid. This version is the first one with upstream support for Python3.
python3-memcache currently in Jessie is simply not usable. I'd suggest
removing anything that depends on it, or otherwise upgrade memcache to
the Sid version (though the later may not be accepted by the release team).

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)