Path: csiph.com!news.dns-netz.com!news.freedyn.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Sandro Tosi Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Python 3 transition question Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:10:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Sep 2 04:01:35 2019 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.906 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.406] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -5.5 X-Google-Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=sF+8aD6uRsW9sFvJCSr+BoIqdjEZB6EX8rqiXnna9Go=; b=gSCFxAqd9uUTyWvwQeS1GIFjavxxtEhksctDlD1zPvCdBPTJTQJ86XDRYXKN1ZoEzV 1bgmBdQT6GwKAZU5sG891aKQFekjVnxYPPUKQSIKlJyuHyzD0poCnvQbh1XHAcqNIzL6 MglFCLQhBll2rw6eMUwhoCQSgoEASamVg9U8oIfA74vfN0VbfGX/whEj54bLjJWvFibH JAZofNqC16u6r+8i26OsFEmKu0fr+u0wTkG4sFUkijFoXTn6a074AdKPnkrFnJFKjcjH 5KItxgl669XqocfgRQ6Fp7ys81vkM0HThA1mAaJXlvLHcwHO0b8tBYXlEgbLri4v3y5e Weyg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWVabp8D4VBrybXTITx8Mx0AsenJg/mYZNy+w9ucQhdH4HHTMTG FOs10s19vHbe8rOwN2w2zEZUrc51dxRtAA0R1ic= X-Google-SMTP-Source: APXvYqx5L75v0/KxJ0Z4WKJDxcaywvrqHmH1eXgdI7G14WUMboTyTEDe7JXFSf8b4tyMuwztZBLh0G3IXKFPkVUjEHY= X-Received: by 2002:a02:600c:: with SMTP id i12mr30314141jac.84.1567396880201; Sun, 01 Sep 2019 21:01:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/17248 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAB4XWXwsO7dfLNeLdYbQxjurd=KoVSYwPbBu9sa73R0Lyz75Jg@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 22 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: Martin Kelly , debian-python X-Original-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 00:00:53 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <31e75f08-0b3e-c174-4de1-9d0957b21c78@martingkelly.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:11732 > I would just stop building these. And if the reverse dependencies have a > py2removal bug itself, then comment in these issues that the > suggested/recommended package gets removed. If they don't have a py2removal > bug, please file the bugs for these packages. i dont believe this is a sensible approach; for example i maintain python-mpmath, that would be rendered uninstallable the moment python-gmp2 is removed. Now, python-mpmath has 3 external reverse-dependencies (just to name a couple, sagemath and simpy) that would be then uninstallable, and so on and so forth for all their rdeps. Martin, i think for now the only option is to keep the py2 packages around until we're ready to drop them (ie they have 0 rdeps). Regards, -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SandroTosi