[Bug 1295153] [NEW] [FFe] Remove Python 3.3 from Trusty

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Several times this cycle we have discussed whether to drop Python 3.3
from Trusty, since upstream Python 3.4 final has been released, and has
been available in Trusty for a while, and has been the default Python 3
version for a while.  I've worked to fix known ftbfs and other issues
with packages that worked in Python 3.3 but failed in 3.4 - a notable
example is genshi, which upstream has committed fixes to their vcs and
I've backported to the Debian and Ubuntu packages while we wait for a
new upstream release.

There are no known 3.4 specific build failures in main: http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/ftbfs/
There are no python3.4 tagged bugs currently open: http://tinyurl.com/m8zqvjg

It makes sense to me that we should not carry Python 3.3 into an LTS.
Just before the 3.4 final was released upstream, Python 3.3.5 was
released, and it has been retroactively declared the last bug fix
release of the 3.3 series.  Python 3.3 now goes into security-only fix
mode:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2014-March/133213.html

Removing Python 3.3 will save archive space and reduce space in packages
with extension modules (we need to identify them and rebuild them, and
I'll coordinate with Doko on that).

** Affects: python3.3 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[FFe] Remove Python 3.3 from Trusty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295153
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