New Release with Python3.11 Support?

[Bastian-Krause]

#354 added Python3.11 support for dh-virtualenv. Since Debian sid currently ships its python3 package in version 3.11.1-1, the currently released dh-virtualenv version 1.2.2 does not work.

I saw that @nailor is also the Debian maintainer for dh-virtualenv, it would be best to have a new release and a corresponding Debian package version. I could alternatively send a backport of the patch in #354 as a Debian bug report.

What do you think?

[ukleinek]

my 2¢: If I understand correctly, Debian testing is also affected and the problem makes dh-virtualenv useless for all users?!

That would justify a bugreport with severity grave against the version in testing which would result in the package being dropped from testing. The next consequence would be that dh-virtualenv is missing in the next release if it's not fixed in a timely manner[1].

[1] https://release.debian.org/bullseye/freeze_policy.html

[Bastian-Krause]

my 2¢: If I understand correctly, Debian testing is also affected and the problem makes dh-virtualenv useless for all users?!

Currently Debian Bookworm ships Python 3.10, I guess they will not bump it to 3.11 before the freeze, right? So when Debian Trixie becomes Testing, that will be affected.

[jluebbe]

The default Python in Debian bookworm is now 3.11: https://tracker.debian.org/news/1414484/python3-defaults-3111-1-migrated-to-testing/

[ikus060]

I'm also affected by this problem. Our build depend on dh-virtualenv and it's fail on Bookworm with the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/dh_virtualenv", line 111, in <module>
    sys.exit(main() or 0)
             ^^^^^^
  File "/usr/bin/dh_virtualenv", line 60, in main
    arguments = inspect.getargspec(DebHelper.__init__).args
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'inspect' has no attribute 'getargspec'. Did you mean: 'getargs'?

Seams related to the fact Bookworm is now using Python3.11 by default.

[Bastian-Krause]

For the record: in Debian's dh-virtualenv 1.2.2-1.3 the patch from #354 was cherry-picked as NMU. A dh-virtualenv release including this would still be nice.

[ikus060]

@Bastian-Krause

dh-virtualenv 1.2.2-1.3 the patch from #354 was cherry-picked as NMU

Does it mean dh-virtualenv should work in Debian Bookworm ?

[Bastian-Krause]

@Bastian-Krause

dh-virtualenv 1.2.2-1.3 the patch from #354 was cherry-picked as NMU

Does it mean dh-virtualenv should work in Debian Bookworm ?

Yes: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/dh-virtualenv (changelog). Works for me.