Re: [Gramps-devel] What blocks us for 4.0

[Jeremy B. <jb...@ub...>]

On 13 January 2013 16:56, Benny Malengier <ben...@gm...> wrote:
> Next LTS should be python3 only, so they are certainly working on it:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3

Just to be clear about what that release goal means: The Ubuntu
developers would like to ship python3 instead of python 2.7 on the
install image (there are similar goals for gconf>gsettings and
GTK2>GTK3 although Firefox & LibreOffice are the big blockers there).
Python 2 will not be removed from the Debian or Ubuntu archives as
long as a significant number of packages that people use need it
(which means its removal is years away if it happens). Gramps is not
shipped on the Ubuntu DVD and depends on libraries that aren't on the
DVD so the release goal doesn't affect Gramps at all.

Arch was a bit too aggressive in redefining /usr/bin/python to point
to python3 but it's not too difficult for the Arch developers to
maintain a patch to force python2 if a package isn't ready for python3
yet.

Jeremy