[Python-modules-team] Bug#902673: please add support for python 3.7

[Adrian Bunk]

Control: severity -1 serious
Control: affects -1 src:pysvn

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 01:55:16PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Package: src:pycxx
> Version: 7.0.3-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid buster
> 
> please add support for python 3.7. pycxx needs a sourceful upload. However
> there need some fixes too, seen when building pysvn:
> 
> Compile: /usr/share/python3.7/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.cxx into
> IndirectPythonInterface.o
> /usr/share/python3.7/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.cxx: In function ‘char*
> Py::__Py_PackageContext()’:
> /usr/share/python3.7/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.cxx:471:50: error: invalid
> conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘char*’ [-fpermissive]
>  char *__Py_PackageContext()             { return _Py_PackageContext; }
>                                                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Makefile:169: recipe for target 'IndirectPythonInterface.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [IndirectPythonInterface.o] Error 1

This needs fixing for buster in and case and pysvn currently FTBFS:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=pysvn&suite=sid

Raising the severity.

cu
Adrian

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