On 20/06/2011 21:35, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Subject: Re: Bug#629085: freevo: not compatible with Python 2.7? > Reply-To: > In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > Hi Jakub (2011.06.03_14:46:58_+0200) >> Because of "2.6" hardcoded in debian/pyversions, this package will >> become uninstallable once we switch default Python version to 2.7. > > I had a quick look into it. The upstream source doesn't look like it > supports python 2.7 at all. Note the get_python() method in /freevo, which > still hard-codes 2.5 and 2.6 in upstream svn HEAD. > > At the very least, that would have to be fixed for 2.7, but there are > almost certainly other issues too. Note the child.fromchild.close() in > the same method, which isn't something available in subprocess. (LP: > #474854) > > Ubuntu just changed the supported versions in debian/pyversions to > attempt to support Python 2.7, but it's running into the issues > mentioned above, leading to LP: #758821. (Ubuntu people who touched this > CCed) > > I can't see any other distros that have a 2.7 patch, or even any mention > of 2.7 in the upstream bugtracker.
Oops, looks like a mistake on my part. I can't seem to remember why I bumped the version to Python 2.7.. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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