Re: Bug#785275: ITP: python-ipaddress -- Backport of the ipaddress module from Python 3.3
On Friday, May 22, 2015 02:17:59 PM Ian Cordasco wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Tristan Seligmann
>
> <mithrandi@mithrandi.net> wrote:
> > On 22 May 2015 at 16:06, Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi@mithrandi.net>
wrote:
> >> Or are you saying that the ipaddress backport is not compatible with
> >> python3 stdlib's ipaddress? (This would be a very unfortunate state of
> >> affairs, but impossible to imagine)
> >
> > This should have been "*not* impossible", of course.
>
> Based purely on the fact that the current version of ipaddr is
> undocumented, I would strongly be against any patch to packaged
> software that causes a dependency on it for the sole purpose of
> Debian's packaging of that software. You're asking the maintainers of
> those packages to maintain patches for things that are undocumented.
> In my opinion, Scott, if your'e so adamant about not packaging
> ipaddress for Python 2, you should work with ipaddr to fix things so
> maintainers can reliably maintain the software. Until that is fixed, I
> think Tristan's packaging should move forward so Debian doesn't fall
> too far behind pip.
Here's the patch that pip needs to work with ipaddr (I did this against the
development branch, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't work for the latest
release):
http://paste.debian.net/182618/
dstufft has reviewed it and I'll submit a github pull request once I get my
password reset.
Scott K
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