On 28 April 2014 20:22, Jeremy Visser <jeremy@visser.name> wrote:

On 28/04/2014 19:33, Russell Coker wrote:
> The new python-iview in GIT depends on Version 3+ of Python and the
> Debian/Wheezy Python build system doesn't seem designed for building
> that - or at least it's well beyong my Python coding ability.

I find that surprising. Python 3 is available in Debian Wheezy, and any
of the dependency requirements should be easily installable through apt
or pip.

Not sure what the latest version is, but if this the following file is anything to go by:

https://github.com/vadmium/python-iview/blob/master/debian/rules

...then it uses pysupport (aka python-support) to for the Debian packaging. pysupport is considered obsolete, and AFAIK doesn't have (and never will have) Python 3 support.

See: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ap-packaging_tools.html

Also see: https://wiki.debian.org/Python/TransitionToDHPython2

This page only talks about dh_python2, there is also a dh_python3 for Python 3 support.

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Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>