PySNMP asyncio backend unusable in Debian 12 (needs stable update?)

[thomas@goirand.fr]

Hi,

Quickly from my phone...

Of course, we can update Stable with targeted patches (only: no new upstream release except in very rare cases).

I can take care of the update tomorrow, though the next point release is in a few month from now.

Also note that I uploaded all 4 pysnmp/asn1 modules from lextudio. Is your patch from them ?

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)

On Sep 12, 2023 5:52 PM, Adam Cecile <acecile@le-vert.net> wrote:

Hello,

Package python3-pysnmp4 is partially unusable in Debian 12 because its asyncio backend is using @asyncio.coroutine decorator that has been removed from Python 3.11.

It is, imho, quite a serious issue, as any code using PySNMP4 on a machine will stop working after upgrading from Debian 11 to Debian 12 (my case).

I'm not aware of how Debian stable updates work, but I think we should consider making an exception for that.

I prepared a patched package version using backported patch from new upstream (previous maintainer passed away) and had to deal with an upstream bug too. Now it works again and I added all information to the Debian bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/1051774

The fix is quite safe as it impacts only asyncio backend, and current version is not importable at all so I do not see how it could lead to any regression.

What is your opinion about this ?

Best regards, Adam.