#1148465 openbabel: builds only against the default Python version

Package:
src:openbabel
Source:
src:openbabel
Submitter:
Maximiliano Curia
Date:
2026-10-23 13:59:09 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1148465#5
Date:
2026-09-19 20:11:01 UTC
From:
To:
Hi!

While rebuilding the python related packages against the Python 3.15rc2
version we found that openbabel only builds against the default Python
version.

This is a problem because it doesn't build the module for Python 3.15,
making packages that depend on it also unable to build for Python 3.15
(for example python-emmet-core).

To fix this, I've made a change that makes openbabel build against all
supported Python versions.

I've applied the fix in the sandbox [1] to verify that both openbabel
and the packages that depend on it build successfully. Please consider
applying the patch to support the upcoming 3.15 version.

Setting the severity to important for now. Once Python 3.15 is released,
it will be added to python3-defaults and this bug will become release
critical.

Happy hacking,

[1]: https://debusine.debian.net/debian/r-python-python3.15/

#1148465#10
Date:
2026-09-25 07:12:52 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Thanks a lot for the patch, having openbabel build for all supported
python versions is really neat. I would like to wait until the
auto-openbabel transition is over and upload your fix then.

Andrius