[Python-modules-team] Bug#914592: Please consider to keep a 3.X version of python-pytest in Debian

[Ole Streicher]

Package: python-pytest
Version: 3.10-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

one of the central astronomy packages (python-astropy) just decided that
their Python 2 legacy branch 2.0.X will have a dependency on Pytest 3.x,
but remain incompatible to 4.0.

https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/8173

When pytest is upgraded to 4.0, I therefore have only the options to
disable testing in the Python 2 branch, or to remove the whole Astronomy
Python 2 ecosystem.

I could imagine that similar things happen to other Python 2 package
branches. This bug is therefore to discuss the possible choices and take
a general decision. I'll also send a ping to the mailing list.

Best

Ole