[HEADS UP] python-pillow (python-imaging replacement) will land in rawhide soon

[Sandro Mani]

Hello,

python-pillow will hit rawhide soon. As described in the Pillow 
feature-page, see [1], python-pillow will replace python-imaging (PIL) 
in Fedora 19+.

Pillow is a drop-in replacement for PIL, except for one small detail 
concerning the module import syntax, see [2].

Maintainers have already been notified and all depending packages 
adjusted appropriately, see also the tracker bug #894484 [3].

Pillow supports python 3, but currently the python 3 build is disabled 
due to bug #889784 [4].

A request to rel-eng to block python-imaging in rawhide has been created 
here [5].


Best,
Sandro


[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Pillow
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Pillow#Release_Notes
[3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894484
[4] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889784
[5] https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5524