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Re: py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2 packages



On Sunday, April 12, 2020 9:56:01 PM EDT Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Hello,
> python-pytest is blocking 18 packages from removal, most of them would
> be leaves once python-pytest is gone.
> 
> so i was playing with the idea of tackling python-pytest removal by
> updating all its rdeps and not run unittests for the python2 binary
> (so dropping pytest and the other b-d* only used for tests).
> 
> I know it's suboptimal (some python2 packages can still see updates
> until we're ready to drop them and running tests can still have
> value), but i think the cost/benefit ratio points towards removing
> python-pytest soon rather than wait.
> 
> There are only 25 packages that would need updating, and most of them
> are in DPMT/PAPT.

Go for it.

Scott K

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