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

[Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:45:23AM -0400, songbird wrote:
> Reco wrote:
> ...
> > Indeed. Switch back to fetchmail, because the less you're depending on
> > python and the software that uses it - the better ;)
> 
>   i never used fetchmail so that wouldn't be a
> "switching back" and since i already have my setup 
> working as i want for getmail6 why would i bother 
> doing more work for no gain?

Because python. Be it python 2 or python 3 - it's (in)famous for one
thing - lack of backwards compatibility. Sooner or later they replace
python 3.8 (current sid) with, say, python 3.9 - and the things will
break again.
Because they did on 3.7->3.8 transition, did before that on 3.6->3.7
transition and this list goes long way back.

Reco