Alternative libraries for PEP-594

[Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>]

Hello,

In the 2nd Python BoF today, it was pointed out we should probably make sure the alternatives listed in PEP-594 for libraries removed in 3.13 are packaged in Debian.

I had a look, and these are the ones that should be packaged (all the other ones are already in the archive). There are no RFP open for them either:

crypt:
* legacycrypt: standalone version of crypt [1]

telnetlib:
* telnetlib3: a Telnet Client and Server library for python [2]
* exscript: automating network connections over protocols such as Telnet or SSH [3]

Is anyone in the DPT interested in packaging and maintaining these libraries? They will likely be very useful for the 3.13 transition.

From the stats I have, I currently count:

* 37 packages using telnetlib
* 300 packages using crypt

[1]: https://pypi.org/project/legacycrypt/
[2]: https://github.com/jquast/telnetlib3/
[3]: https://github.com/knipknap/exscript/

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