Hi all, On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:15:37AM +0100, Timo Röhling wrote: > One remaining problem is the unmaintained nose package, which is not > compatible with Python 3.11 and still a dependency of 200+ packages, > including ~40 key packages [1]. I've seen that crusoe has done some work > patching up nose, but AFAICT it is not building yet. > > Is this something we can resolve in time, either by fixing nose or > removing it altogether? I will try to fix nose. The remaining problem is just failing doctest. On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 09:57:57AM +0000, c.buhtz@posteo.jp wrote: > This question is just for my learning: Why is nose patched? Upstream nose is > unmaintained for years. > > I understand that you cannot drop nose from Debian in the current situation > of a freeze in one months and so many dependencies. > > But isn't there a Debian process/workflow to "warn" package maintainers > about an upcoming package drop of one of there dependend packages to put > some pressure into it? Looking into the list of over 200 packages I see this > also as a chance to clean out some other unmaintained (and maybe not so > important) packages from the Debian repo. There are bugs filed against every package: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org;tag=nose-rm -- Dmitry Shachnev
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