Hi, When we (ZeroC) repackage Ice we decided to not include python2 binding, there wasn't any reverse depedencies for python-zeroc-ice package and Python policy states that a python2 library can be remove in that case.
see https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-python3.html Python 2 is still supported with Ice 3.6/3.7 Ice source distributions but stretch is moving towards Python3 and so we thing that removing python-zeroc-ice is a good trade-off On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 1:59 AM, <malte.marquard...@csiro.au> wrote: > Package: zeroc-ice > > Version: 3.6.3-4 > > Severity: normal > > Source: *zeroc-ice* > > > > Debian “stretch” no longer contains a package with python2 bindings. In > previous releases this was available as ‘python-zeroc-ice’. > > The source package’s “rules” seem to have been completely re-written > without the inclusion of python2. The source of zeroc 3.6 still supports > python2/ > > I can’t see this being is a deliberate choice as there is no trace in the > “changelog” or an announcement for dropping this in NEWS. > > > -- José Gutiérrez de la Concha ZeroC, Inc.
