On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 04:14:56PM -0400, Jeremy Bícha wrote:
python3-backports-std is a backport of functionality that is included
in Python 3.14
It fails to build with python3-defaults in experimental which will be
uploaded to unstable soon to start the Python 3.14 transition.
There are 3 or 4 packages with Build-Depends: python3-backports.zstd
that need to be fixed for this package to be removed from Unstable.
I uploaded numcodecs, python-urllib3, and smart-open to add
"python3-supported-min (>= 3.14)" Build-Depends alternatives. I think
that's the complete set.
Build-Depends alternatives aren't resolved when building for unstable,
so we'll have to upload those packages again when the transition is
ready to go, but I don't think there's a better option available (unless
somebody figures out how to get python-backports.zstd to build with 3.14
temporarily). Still, at least the python3-supported-min alternatives
will act as reasonably clear signposts for what we need to do.
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Colin Watson (he/him) [[email protected]]
