[py3porters-devel] Python 2 in the default installation -- progress made!

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes:
> On Thu 2016-12-29 23:41:39 -0500, Stuart Prescott wrote:
>> one of the objectives for stretch was to reduce the number of Python 2
>> packages that are installed in common scenarios, instead having the
>> Python 3 stack take over. The "standard task" within tasksel is a
>> reasonable place to look.¹
>  [...]
>> python-gpg
>> python3-gpg
>
> fwiw, python-gpg and python3-gpg should not be Priority: standard, and
> they are indicated as such in the source packages.
>
>    https://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gpgme1.0.html
>
> indicates that they're marked that way due to override files, but i
> don't think there'd be any objection from myself or any of the other
> pkg-gnupg-maint team (cc'ed here) if those overrides were removed.

There was an open bug about changing the overrides (#849903) and I just
set all packages built from gpgme1.0 to "Priority: optional".

I don't think there is any reason for the lib*-dev packages to be at
Priority: extra?

Ansgar