Re: python-boto3 (Was Re: Bug#953970: Taking over DPMT (Was: python-boto: autopkgtest) failure with Python 3.8 as default)
On Tue, 19 May 2020 12:35:08 +0200
Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> wrote:
> On 5/19/20 12:52 AM, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > (Updating the CC list)
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:40:27AM -0500, Eric Evans wrote:
> >>>> If it's going to move, might I suggest maintaining it within the
> >>>> cloud-team instead? Among other things, the cloud team has an
> >>>> interest in providing feature updates to cloud-oriented
> >>>> packages, such as python-boto, in stable point releases. Having
> >>>> the team maintain these packages, as we do with other packages
> >>>> such as cloud-init, would help us with this goal.
> >>
> >> I agree; cloud-team seems like the best fit
> >
> > The cloud team is now maintaining the python-boto source package. I
> > think it similar makes sense for the team to maintain python-boto3
> > as well. Do people agree that this makes sense?
>
> I agree, except I'm not sure if boto3 is still a thing these days. If
> I'm not mistaking, it used to be a fork for supporting Py3, but now,
> boto itself supports it. Can someone confirm what I'm saying as I am
> not 100% sure of that?
Nope, boto3 is a high-level library on top of botocore. It's widely
used nowadays.
Never used boto myself, but SO says:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32322503/what-is-the-difference-between-the-aws-boto-and-boto3
> The boto package is the hand-coded Python library that has been
> around since 2006. It is very popular and is fully supported by AWS
> but because it is hand-coded and there are so many services available
> (with more appearing all the time) it is difficult to maintain.
>
> So, boto3 is a new version of the boto library based on botocore. All
> of the low-level interfaces to AWS are driven from JSON service
> descriptions that are generated automatically from the canonical
> descriptions of the services. So, the interfaces are always correct
> and always up to date. There is a resource layer on top of the
> client-layer that provides a nicer, more Pythonic interface.
>
> The boto3 library is being actively developed by AWS and is the one I
> would recommend people use if they are starting new development.
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