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Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still a thing?

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Considering that this is bzr we are talking about, a package that is
already entering the graveyard, I think it would be easiest to just disable
the test suite and move on.

But I would be happier it Thomas at least checked the rdeps before dropping
packages, at least evaluating if breaking things is alrightif he really
likes to break packages :/


On Sun, 15 Sep 2019, 11:09 am Jelmer Vernooij, <jelmer@jelmer.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On 15 September 2019 01:15:11 CEST, Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
> wrote:
> >On Saturday, September 14, 2019 6:43:13 PM EDT Thomas Goirand wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> As I wrongly thought python-extras was used only by OpenStack stuff,
> >I
> >> removed Python 2 support for it. Then someone filed a bug against
> >> python-testtools (ScottK, I believe) saying that it became RC.
> >> Therefore, I went ahead and removed Python 2 support for testtools,
> >but
> >> now, this implies that a few packages which I didn't wish to impact
> >are
> >> also RC:
> >>
> >> * bzr-builddeb
> >> * bzr-email
> >> * bzr-fastimport
> >> * bzr-git
> >> * bzr-stats
> >> * bzr-upload
> >> * loggerhead
> >>
> >> So, basically, unfortunately, Bazaar has lost some of its build
> >> dependencies.
> >>
> >> So, I went ahead, and looked what I could do for Bazaar.
> >Unfortunately,
> >> when looking at:
> >> https://launchpad.net/bzr
> >>
> >> I can see no release since January 2016, no daily archive. The last
> >> commit in the bzr repository of bzr is from 2017-03-17.
> >>
> >> Then I went to see how much Python 3 effort would be needed, and I
> >> quickly gave up. It'd be A LOT of work, but nobody seems doing ANY
> >work
> >> on bzr anymore.
> >>
> >> So I wonder: is it time to remove bazaar from Debian? Or is there any
> >> vague plan to make it work with Python 3? If we are to remove it from
> >> Debian, then we'd better do it ASAP.
> >
> >As I understand it, bazaar (bzr) is dead and being replaced by breezy
> >(brz),
> >which is python3 compatible.
> >
> >https://www.breezy-vcs.org/
> >
> >My inference is that anything bzr specific can go, but I'm not involved
> >in
> >either project.
>
> Bzr maintainer / breezy upstream here.
>
> I'm planning to upload transitional packages to trigger upgrades from bzr
> to Breezy.
>
> The packages for that are not ready yet though. Can we undo the dropping
> of python-testtools in the meantime?
>
> Jelmer
>
>

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Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still a thing? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-09-15 01:20 +0200
  Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still a thing? Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk> - 2019-09-15 11:10 +0200
    Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still a thing? Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2019-09-15 14:30 +0200
      Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still a thing? Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk> - 2019-09-15 17:40 +0200
      Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still  a thing? Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2019-09-16 00:40 +0200
        Re: Packages depending on python-testtools are now RC: is bzr still  a thing? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2019-09-16 09:20 +0200
          A possibly easier way to check dependencies for 2Removal? "Rebecca N. Palmer" <rebecca_palmer@zoho.com> - 2019-09-18 00:20 +0200
            Re: A possibly easier way to check dependencies for 2Removal? Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2019-09-18 19:40 +0200
            Re: A possibly easier way to check dependencies for 2Removal? "Rebecca N. Palmer" <rebecca_palmer@zoho.com> - 2019-10-26 20:30 +0200

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