Bug#918857: python3-distutils: Newest version appears to be missing py36 modules

2019-02-04 Thread Vlastimil Zíma
Hi Matthias, a finding that only one version of python will be supported is very unpleasing. I miss such declaration in both debian wiki python page and Debian Python policy, or its not clearly stated. And this is the first place I found it. I also miss a guideline for python developers to

Bug#918857: python3-distutils: Newest version appears to be missing py36 modules

2019-01-14 Thread Matthias Klose
On 14.01.19 17:12, Joel Cross wrote: > I am a Python developer and many of my projects are still running inside > Python 3.6 virtualenvs. Might it be a bit premature to remove the 3.6 > distutils module while Python 3.6 is still available and supported within > Debian? > As an aside, I can

Bug#918857: python3-distutils: Newest version appears to be missing py36 modules

2019-01-14 Thread Joel Cross
I am a Python developer and many of my projects are still running inside Python 3.6 virtualenvs. Might it be a bit premature to remove the 3.6 distutils module while Python 3.6 is still available and supported within Debian? As an aside, I can confirm that downgrading to 3.7.1-1 (current buster

Bug#918857: python3-distutils: Newest version appears to be missing py36 modules

2019-01-10 Thread Simon Fondrie-Teitler
Hi, Thanks for maintaining Python in Debian! I ran into this issue as well. To clarify, are you in the process of removing python3.6 support from this package, or from Debian in general? Regards, Simon

Bug#918857: python3-distutils: Newest version appears to be missing py36 modules

2019-01-09 Thread James Tocknell
Package: python3-distutils Version: 3.7.2-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, It looks like the latest version is missing the python 3.6 version of the distutils module (as reported by https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/python3-distutils/filelist, dpkg -L, and through distutils modules