Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Mathias Behrle Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Namespace conflict for python-magic Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:20:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Thu Oct 5 10:18:09 2017 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.7 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: DYN_NJABL=SKIP(0) NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 NOT_IN_BL_NJABL=-1.5 CL_IP_EQ_HELO_IP=-2 (check from: .debian. - helo: .mx2.mailbox. - helo-domain: .mailbox.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_NOT_HELO(DOMAIN)=0; rate: -5 Organization: . MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/15303 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20171005120116.3a92221a@monsterix.mbehrle.de Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 61 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: Christoph Biedl , debian-python , Christos Zoulas , Tryton package maintenance in Debian X-Original-Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 12:01:16 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <20171005120116.3a92221a@monsterix.mbehrle.de> X-Original-References: <20170904174256.40241925@monsterix.mbehrle.de> <1504545692@msgid.manchmal.in-ulm.de> <20170905130017.1eb29221@monsterix.mbehrle.de> <1504628090@msgid.manchmal.in-ulm.de> <20170906102348.6587419c@monsterix.mbehrle.de> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:9921 * Adam Hupp: " Re: Namespace conflict for python-magic" (Tue, 3 Oct 2017 11:06:38 -0700): That's good news, Adam, thanks for it! Looking forward to get your diff. Best regards, Mathias > Sorry about the slow response. This has been a pain for a while. I > have a provisional diff to merge the two packages. Will give it some > testing and pass a branch to you folks to take a look. Ideally the > upstream file package would take it over. > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Mathias Behrle wrote: > > * Christoph Biedl: " Re: Namespace conflict for python-magic" (Tue, 5 Sep > > 2017 18:24:25 +0200): > > > >> Mathias Behrle wrote... > >> > >> > * Christoph Biedl: " Re: Namespace conflict for python-magic" (Mon, 4 Sep > >> > 2017 19:38:56 +0200): > >> > >> > > The cleanest solution indeed was to bring both upstreams together and > >> > > ask them to reconcile the APIs and eventually make one of the both > >> > > implementations obsolete. As things happen such an attempt was started > >> > > two years ago but appearently never came to a result.[1] > >> > > >> > Agreed, that this would be the cleanest solution, but as you say there is > >> > little probability, that the two upstreams will work together to merge > >> > their implementations. > >> > >> Still this should be tried first. Also, I'm not that pessimistic, see > >> below. So let's bring the parties involved into the loop: > > > > [...] > > > > Thanks for your additional information and initiative to re-launch the > > merge of the two packages. This reads much better and more optimistic than > > what I could find until now! Crossing fingers now in the hope for the best > > outcome for everybody. > > > > Cheers, > > Mathias > > > > -- > > > > Mathias Behrle > > PGP/GnuPG key availabable from any keyserver, ID: 0xD6D09BE48405BBF6 > > AC29 7E5C 46B9 D0B6 1C71 7681 D6D0 9BE4 8405 BBF6 > > > -- Mathias Behrle PGP/GnuPG key availabable from any keyserver, ID: 0xD6D09BE48405BBF6 AC29 7E5C 46B9 D0B6 1C71 7681 D6D0 9BE4 8405 BBF6