Re: python-team: New branch

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> I'm CC'ing the python-team.
>
> Since the merge of the python-team branch we've seen a bunch of
> new build failures to popular packages.  I've started work to repair
> some of the damage.
>
> I think we should start a new python-team branch where we build out
> important upgrades and fixes.  I'd like to aim for merging that new
> branch before the end of the year, so let's try to restrict ourselves to
> important fixes only.
>
> If there is more time we should also consider upgrading these packages:
>
>     python-typing-extensions
>     python-virtualenv
>     python-platformdirs
>     python-colorama
>     python-chardet
>
> (I patched out version checks in python-tox to avoid upgrading, but I
> think we should not do that habitually.)

I have a Python mass update branch I've been developing, holding it back
because I kept finding breakage (whether caused by my changes or
already there).  There's now 200 commits in it, including an update to
virtualenv and typing extensions, along Python build systems
improvements.

I'll try getting it a bit further in terms of packages breakage then
send it for review.  If you'd rather see it already and work on a
wip-python-team branch, I could submit it already in its more rough
form.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim