matrix-synapse-py3 (0.34.0) stable; urgency=medium matrix-synapse-py3 is intended as a drop-in replacement for the existing matrix-synapse package. When the package is installed, matrix-synapse will be automatically uninstalled. The replacement should be relatively seamless, however, please note the following important differences to matrix-synapse: * Most importantly, the matrix-synapse service now runs under Python 3 rather than Python 2.7. * Synapse is installed into its own virtualenv (in /opt/venvs/matrix-synapse) instead of using the system python libraries. (This may mean that you can remove a number of old dependencies with `apt autoremove`). * If you have previously manually installed any custom python extensions (such as matrix-synapse-rest-auth) into the system python directories, you will need to reinstall them in the new virtualenv. Please consult the documentation of the relevant extensions for further details. matrix-synapse-py3 will take over responsibility for the existing configuration files, including the matrix-synapse systemd service. Beware, however, that `apt purge matrix-synapse` will *disable* the matrix-synapse service (so that it will not be started on reboot), even though that service is no longer being provided by the matrix-synapse package. It can be re-enabled with `systemctl enable matrix-synapse`. The matrix.org team will continue to provide Python 2 `matrix-synapse` packages for the next couple of releases, to allow time for system administrators to test the new packages. -- Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000