Re: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye
On 11/13/19 3:31 PM, Iustin Pop wrote:
> On 2019-11-13 15:06:54, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> On 11/12/19 4:37 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote:
>>> The related binary packages are available in 2 binary names (depending on release)
>>> getmail4 (version=4,5) popcon installed ~2000
>>> getmail (version=3,5) popcon installed ~1000
>>>
>>> https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=getmail%20getmail4&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
>>>
>>> I think this qualifies for "py2keep".
>>
>> IMO, this qualifies for RM-RoM. getmail is an alternative to fetchmail,
>> which is still available in Debian (and with 4 times the number of
>> installed package in popcon...). So I see no reason to keep getmail
>> then. Maybe tell this to upstream, and they may think another time.
>
> Uh, no. Functionality-wise, they're quite different. getmail is (AFAIK)
> the only tool that works for gmail with ASPs disabled (i.e. with OAUTH).
Oh ! Thanks for the insight. I didn't know.
> Heck, I'd be very willing to maintain Py3 patches myself, because I need
> this tool.
Then there's no issue anymore? :)
Thomas
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