[Python-modules-team] Bug#914698: Bug#914698: Prompt-toolkit update

[Scott Kitterman]

On July 8, 2019 9:10:54 AM UTC, Gordon Ball <gordon at chronitis.net> wrote:
>Those that I'm involved with:
>
>* xonsh is compatibile with either prompt_toolkit 1.x or 2.x
>* updating jupyter_console -> 6 is blocked on prompt_toolkit 2
>* updating ipython -> 7 is blocked on prompt_toolkit 2
>
>The ipython case is complicated because we currently have 5.8 in the
>archive, which is the last version supporting 2.7 (and requires
>prompt_toolkit 1). Pending a decision on whether to try and keep the
>current ipython2.7 version while upgrading the ipython3 version or just
>drop the former.
>
>If both versions cannot be supported without needing to maintain two
>versions of prompt_toolkit, that probably favours the approach of just
>dropping python2 support.

Now that buster is released we should upgrade to prompt-toolkit 2.  We plan to drop python2.7 entirely in this cycle, so the python3 solution is the way to go.

I'm unlikely to do the update anytime soon due to the press of other work, so don't anyone wait assuming I'll do it.

Scott K