[Python-modules-team] Bug#904888: python3-django-q fails to install (Python 3.7 compatibility)

[Matthias Klose]

Package: src:django-q
Version: 0.9.4-1
Severity: serious
Tags: sid buster

python3-django-q fails to install. Proposed patch at
https://github.com/Koed00/django-q/pull/306

Thanks to Michael Hudson for the pointer.


Setting up python3-django-q (0.9.4-1) ...
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/__init__.py", line 15
    from .tasks import async, schedule, result, result_group, fetch,
fetch_group, count_group, delete_group, queue_size
                           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/admin.py", line 5
    from django_q.tasks import async
                                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/cluster.py", line 539
    s.task = tasks.async(s.func, *args, **kwargs)
                       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/tasks.py", line 20
    def async(func, *args, **kwargs):
            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/tests/test_cached.py", line 8
    from django_q.tasks import async, result, fetch, count_group, result_group,
fetch_group, delete_group, delete_cached, \
                                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/tests/test_cluster.py", line 16
    from django_q.tasks import fetch, fetch_group, async, result, result_group,
count_group, delete_group, queue_size
                                                       ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django_q/tests/test_monitor.py", line 3
    from django_q.tasks import async
                                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

dpkg: error processing package python3-django-q (--configure):
 installed python3-django-q package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)