Re: Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:27:08AM +0100, Ondrej Novy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> út 12. 11. 2019 v 16:37 odesílatel Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> napsal:
>
> Upstream is active and prides to keep python 2.5 compatibility code in
> it ... (Not just 2.7). I (Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>) and dkg even
> made some effort to support both 2 and 3 but the idea was rejected by
> upstream in 2018.
>
>
> that's odd :/
>
>
> I think this qualifies for "py2keep".
>
>
> i don't think so. Imho is better to support Py3 in Debian with our patches.
dkj: Do you? (Not me)
> If Debian and Fedora demonstrate its python3 removal, I am sure the
> upstream may change his thought. If you have some progress indicator,
> that can be used to convince getmail upstream. I or dkg need a solid
> fact to restart conversation with the upstream.
>
>
> yes, we have! :)
>
> http://sandrotosi.me/debian/py2removal/py2removal_progress.png
>
> Almost half of work is done in ~ 3 months.
This is interesting. I will inform upstream about this progress.
But how much od current ~1800 packages fall into high popcon and build
dependency category. Are these all high pop conpackages?
Osamu
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