Chris Lamb writes ("Re: Please do not drop Python 2 modules"): > Hi Julien, > > I found strange to put an override for this so I didn't. > > I'm afraid I'm struggling to see Lintian could be any clearer > here: > > N: If upstream have not moved or have no intention to move to Python 3, > N: please be certain that Debian would benefit from the inclusion, > N: continued maintenance burden and (eventual) removal of this package > N: before you upload. > […] > N: Please do not override this warning; rather, add a justification to your > N: changelog entry; Lintian looks in this version's changelog entry for the > N: specified package name or the phrase "Python 2 version" or similar. > > This is not asking anyone to remove anything from the archive, > merely to double-check whether the addition of new Python 2.x > packages is required. > > (If they are, so be it; add the rationale to the changelog and > upload away.)
Given that Python 2 will be fully supported in buster, I think even this is too strong. Can lintian tell whether there is a Python 3 module too ? If so then I think a better criterion for warning would be "there is no Python 3 module". Ian.