[Python-modules-team] Bug#814023: pyqt5-dev-tools should be offered in Python 2 and 3 variants

[Elvis Stansvik]

Package: pyqt5-dev-tools
Version: 5.4.2+dfsg-1build4~wily1~test1~qt551~1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The pyqt5-dev-tools currently depends on Python 3. Since packages of PyQt5 are
for both Python 2 and 3 are available, I think it would make sense to split
this package into python3-pyqt5-dev-tools and python2-pyqt5-dev-tools, for
Python 3 and Python2, respectively. The scripts installed would have to be
renamed (e.g. "python2-pyuic5" and "python3-pyuic5" to avoid conflict).

As it currently stands, if I'm developing a PyQt5 application using Python 2, I
need the tools provided by this package. But installing it needlessly forces me
to install Python 3. I have no problem with installing Python 3 on my dev
machine, but when building the application in a clean environment such as
Docker, pulling in Python 3 seems a bit silly. It would be much better if there
was a python2-pyqt5-dev-tools I could install.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers wily-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'wily-updates'), (500, 'wily-security'), (500, 'wily'), (100, 'wily-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages pyqt5-dev-tools depends on:
ii  libc6          2.21-0ubuntu4
ii  libgcc1        1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2
ii  libqt5core5a   5.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1~wily1~test1
ii  libqt5xml5     5.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1~wily1~test1
ii  libstdc++6     5.2.1-22ubuntu2
ii  python3        3.4.3-4ubuntu1
ii  python3-pyqt5  5.4.2+dfsg-1build4~wily1~test1~qt551~1

pyqt5-dev-tools recommends no packages.

pyqt5-dev-tools suggests no packages.

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