Packages requiring python

It's time to upgrade the python distributed with o4w to the current stable upstream release in the 2.x series, namely 2.7 (ticket #219). To that end here is a list of packages which rely on python, and their current status with regard to being py2.7 ready.

Please update the chart as needed.

Package	2.7 ready	upgrade lead
apt	yes	MattWilkie
gdal16-autotest	obsolete
gdal16-python	obsolete
gdal17-python	obsolete
gdal-autotest	?	you?
gdal-dev	?	you?
gdal-python	?	you?
grass	?	you?
grass-devel	?	you?
grass-devel-mingw	?	you?
grass-devel-vc	?	you?
liblas-python	?	you?
mapfish_framework	?	you?
mapnik	?	you?
mapscript-dev-python	?	you?
mapscript-python	?	you?
matplotlib	yes, but there is no official NumPy for Python 2.7	AlexBruy
natgrid	?	you?
psycopg2	?	you?
pyopengl	?	you?
pyparsing	?	you?
pyqt4	?	you?
pyqwt5-qt4	?	you?
pyspatialite	?	you?
python	?	you?
python-geopy	?	you?
python-numpy	?	you?
python-qgis	obsolete
python-rpy	?	you?
python-rpy2	?	you?
python-shapely	?	you?
python-simplejson	?	you?
python-win32	?	you?
python-win32-demos	?	you?
qgis	?	you?
qgis1.1	?	you?
qgis-dev	?	you?
qgis-devel	?	you?
qgis-full	?	you?
qgis-grass-plugin	?	you?
qgis-unstable	?	you?
sip	?	you?
wxpython	?	you?

Package notes

natgrid: might be ready with simple repackaging (change name of folder). Drop 'natgrid' folder from package archive into c:\python27\...\site-packages and it passes simple import natgrid test. Dunno enough about it's functions to test further.