[Python-apps-team] Bug#645137: mayavi2: Can't install Mayavi2 when system uses Python 2.7

[Arthur Magill]

Package: mayavi2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

I recently upgraded my system (wheezy) to Python 2.7.2+. Now I can't install
Mayavi2. Can Mayavi2 be built against Python 2.7?

# python -V
Python 2.7.2+
# apt-get update
....<snip>...
# apt-get install mayavi2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 mayavi2 : Depends: python (< 2.7) but 2.7.2-8 is to be installed
E: Broken packages




-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mayavi2 depends on:
ii  libc6                 2.13-21     
ii  libjs-jquery          1.6.4-1     
ii  python                2.7.2-8     
ii  python-apptools       4.0.0-1     
ii  python-configobj      4.7.2+ds-3  
ii  python-envisage       4.0.0-1     
ii  python-numpy          1:1.5.1-2+b1
ii  python-pkg-resources  0.6.16-1    
ii  python-traits         4.0.0-1     
ii  python-traitsui       4.0.1-1     
ii  python-vtk            5.6.1-7     
ii  python-wxgtk2.8       2.8.10.1-3.1
ii  python2.6             2.6.7-3     

mayavi2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mayavi2 suggests:
ii  ipython       0.10.2-1        
ii  python-scipy  0.9.0+dfsg1-1+b2