Roadmap for Python in Jessie
This page captures things we would like to do for Python in Jessie.
python-support transition
python-support has been deprecated, but it is still widely used
python3.2 removal
- Transition to python3.3 as default complete
- Waiting on dh-python to drop the python3.2 build-dep and blender to make it into Jessie
pybuild
- dh-python with pybuild is in Jessie
multi-arch support
Python 3.4 support
More Python 3 support for packages
unittests and DEP 8
non-distutils based helpers
Completed tasks
Python 2.6 removal
CPython developers will cease providing security support to Python 2.6 in October 2013.
Python 2.6 is no longer a supported version for Jessie.
Removal requested (714116).
python-central removal
python-central has been deprecated
Removal requested (717091).