Cygwin now on Python 3? What about Mercurial?

[marco atzeri]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:27 AM Russell VT via Cygwin  wrote:
>
> Cygwin Enthusiasts!
>
> Well, I was going to hold back on this one, but having now watched the list
> for a bit, I think this is a fair question (feel free to smack me if I'm
> feeling too entitled, albeit maybe a bit on the rambling side).
>
> TLDR; Cygwin 64 Mercurial (5.5.1) blows chunks with default Python install.
> I'm still not sure if this is a package dependency error, given the recent
> Python 2.7 Deprecation "worldwide," or the way that Mercurial is packaged,
> or even if the package installation order on-down the line screwed me up at
> some point in the past.
>
> TLDR2; Am I really the "only" one on Cygwin still using Mercurial in a
> Complex Python Environment?
>
> Here;s my primary operating environment, devoid of whatever tricks I may
> try to play with Python Development environments (read: Path to /usr/bin
> with no funny stuff getting in the way)
> .

Hi Russel,

short term solution is the same mentioned here
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2021-January/247657.html

It seems the current package maintainer for Mercurial is not available for
the upgrade from 2.7 to 3.8.
We need to decide how to proceed

Regards
Marco