Bug#969021: RFP: getmail6 -- Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

Hi,

I am about to request for package removal of current getmail package.
So whoever decide to package this new python3 getmail, please go ahead
without worrying file conflict.

Please note there are some confusing situation over who the actual
upstream maintainer is etc.  So whoever take over this, please
carefully assess upstream situation.

Regards,

Osamu


On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 14:49 +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> X-Debbugs-Cc: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 04:51:33PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: 968194@bugs.debian.org
> > 
> > * Package name    : getmail6
> >   Version         : 6.4
> >   Upstream Author : roland.puntaier@gmail.com
> > * URL             : https://github.com/getmail6
> > * License         : GNU GPL version 2
> >   Programming Lang: Python
> >   Description     : Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and
> > SDPS
> > 
> >  getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It
> > retrieves mail (either all messages, or only unread messages) from
> > one or more POP3/IMAP4/SDPS servers for one or more email accounts,
> > and reliably
> >  delivers into a qmail-style Maildir, mbox file or to a command
> > (pipe delivery) like maildrop or procmail, specified on a per-
> > account basis. getmail also has support for domain (multidrop)
> > mailboxes.
> > 
> > The current getmail package only works with python2.
> > 
> > But debian has moved to python3.
> > 
> > Therefore getmail6, which is designed to work with python3, should
> > be
> > added to Debian.
> > 
> > No need to update the current debian getmail package.
> > Just somebody should maintain a new independent getmail6 pacakge.
> 
> This getmail6 will install files like:
> /usr/bin/getmail
> /usr/bin/getmail_fetch
> /usr/bin/getmail_mbox
> /usr/bin/getmail_maildir
> /usr/bin/getmail-gmail-xoauth-tokens
> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/getmailcore
> 
> which are also installed by getmail.
> 
> So, I guess the best possible way might be if getmail maintainer
> updates
> to this source, else I can package getmail6 with a "Breaks: getmail".
> 
> 
> --
> Regards
> Sudip