Bug#1098703: RM: amp -- RoQA; not compatible with Numpy2.x, depends on to-be-removed Nose, unmaintained

[Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: amp@packages.debian.org, Muammar El Khatib <muammar@debian.org>, Debian Science List <debian-science@lists.debian.org>, Debian Python <debian-python@lists.debian.org>, Karsten Schöke <karsten.schoeke@geobasis-bb.de>
Control: affects -1 + src:amp
User: ftp.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: remove


Dear FTP Masters

Given that,

- 'amp' has now been for ~1 month on the Numpy 2.x transition tracker
  without anyone taking action.
  https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/numpy2.html

- it has been removed from testing since 2024-04-20

- it is one of the two last packages requiring "Nose";
  an ancient testing system that was abadonned 10 years ago
  and never ported to Python3 and only kept alive
  with a lot of 2to3 trickery and duct tape (*)

- few people have the skills to debug a Fortran/Python/Numpy
  build

I ask for removal of this package from Unstable.

Greetings

Alexandre


* (the one other package is "elasticsearch-curator"
but to update this we need "python-elastic-transport"
to be approoved.)