Re: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye
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).
Heck, I'd be very willing to maintain Py3 patches myself, because I need
this tool.
regards,
iustin
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