Re: getmail, getmail6, testing, unstable, python-is-python3

[Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>]

	Hi.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 01:31:19PM +0000, mick crane wrote:
> >   this was just a quick heads-up for those who are stuck
> > on getmail like i am (and quite happy with it).  :)
> > 
> 
> as far as getmail goes maintainer thinks is an unnecessary panic.
> 
> ""getmail goes out of official support by my distro" may be a theoretical
> problem, or a philosophical one, but it it certainly is not a significant
> practical problem.

Indeed. Switch back to fetchmail, because the less you're depending on
python and the software that uses it - the better ;)

> Keep a Python 2 binary around, download getmail, untar it,
> and run it right out of the directory - that's literally all that's required."
> 
> what exactly the python 2 binary is I haven't had need to look as yet.

/usr/bin/python, currently provided by "python-minimal" package.

Reco