Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:49:07PM +0530, Balasankar C wrote: > If we are splitting out python libraries, we need to have both > python-fonttools and python3-fonttools packages, at least till Python 2's > EOL (or Python 2 is out of Debian). Even though mostly used as a library, > fonttools do

Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Balasankar C
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 10:22:22 +0200 Rene Engelhard wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:16:58PM +0800, Yao Wei wrote: > Hi, > > So, to actually maintain the dependency of fonts building, is it > advisable to let fonttools depend on python-fonttools instead of > python3-fonttools? There's neither.

Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Yao Wei
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:26:45PM +0800, Yao Wei wrote: > I believe that the package "fonttools" is actually for transitional > purposes so it should depend on python-fonttools instead of > python3-fonttools. Do we actually using its executable directly, or we > use it as a library? Sorry that I

Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:26:45PM +0800, Yao Wei wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:22:22AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > in my initial report. (But yes, python-fonttools/python3-fonttools would > > make sense, > > but then fonttools probably should depends on the python3 thingy and peop

Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Yao Wei
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:22:22AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > in my initial report. (But yes, python-fonttools/python3-fonttools would make > sense, > but then fonttools probably should depends on the python3 thingy and people > who need > the python2 module can build-depend on python-fonttoo

Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:16:58PM +0800, Yao Wei wrote: > Hi, > > So, to actually maintain the dependency of fonts building, is it > advisable to let fonttools depend on python-fonttools instead of > python3-fonttools? There's neither. The module is in "fonttools". Which is why I asked > P.S: >

Bug#876439: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Yao Wei
Hi, So, to actually maintain the dependency of fonts building, is it advisable to let fonttools depend on python-fonttools instead of python3-fonttools? I am going to package libraries to make fontmake available in Debian (which is a python3 program so all python3 dependencies), however no packag

Bug#876439: Continue providing Python 2 libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Balasankar C
Latest upload of fonttools broke many reverse build-dependencies. Please don't drop Python 2 support without a prior warning or proper migration plan/period. According to fonttools upstream README[0], fonttools will work with Python 2.7, 3.4 or later. With 3.5.1-2 of fonttools package in Debia