Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Scott Kitterman Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Removing some python3-* packages Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:20:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, GMAIL=1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=kitterman.com; s=201409; t=1436447579; bh=RJirIeBoNk86gjtxmgPX79O62OJtw5dsjzsc3eEGJ7s=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From:Date:To:From; b=bGirn26VXPb85jznLy4mTkHNDskhN+Im4G8thxZu86H/3u1x6Txok+S0T8NrWiHAu kfw3F1DXdVLvRxwX4wOeAFEsLmmSYJzSpn8+KTO8/Vm/iJfEQukJFGkf0vQyJwXdqf 1WyUtiJsZzyxmuLua+ocWbDC2sSVrEc0gdxqEEik= User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/12398 List-ID: List-URL: Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 45 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:12:57 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <2BBC7D70-567D-4D8B-AB9C-06BCE1915479@kitterman.com> X-Original-References: <20150702155530.4e93b05d@limelight.wooz.org> <25C573EC-8BD4-4BB6-84EE-344C65343061@kitterman.com> Xref: aioe.org linux.debian.maint.python:7097 On July 9, 2015 7:39:15 AM EDT, Ian Cordasco wrote: >On Jul 9, 2015 5:25 AM, "Robert Collins" >wrote: >> >> On 3 July 2015 at 08:29, Scott Kitterman >wrote: >> >> > I think dropping these duplicates is the only thing that makes >sense. >For >> > reference, I dropped python3-ipaddr once python3.2 was gone >(because >3.3 has >> > ipaddress, which does the same thing). >> >> Where its a dupe sure. >> >> unittest2, traceback2, linecache2, mock are not duplicates of the >> functionality in 3.4 - they are backports of things in 3.5 (to all >> pythons). And they will shortly have more than 3.5 itself has in it, >> as they are rolling backports: what lands in 3.6 will go into them. >So >> I don't think removing them makes sense. >> >> I don't have a view on other packages. >> >> -Rob >> > >Further, should API compatibility also be considered? If I remember >correctly ipaddress in the stdlib and ipaddr have similar but not >exactly >identical APIs I dropped python3-ipaddr only after all the reverse-depends were ported to use ipaddress from the stdlib. So I agree it should be considered and it was. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2BBC7D70-567D-4D8B-AB9C-06BCE1915479@kitterman.com