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Re: Removing py2 support from python-xattr

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From	Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Removing py2 support from python-xattr
Date	Sun, 25 Aug 2019 10:30:01 +0200
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On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 08:03:55PM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Saturday, August 24, 2019 6:28:10 PM EDT Thomas Goirand wrote:
> > Please, let's generalize and see the whole picture. There will be A LOT
> > more cases like this one, and I don't think that waiting forever will
> > solve the situation. It is my opinion that we should set a kind of
> > policy (ie: wait for how long?) and then act...
> 
> If it were me, I'd go ahead and file a serious bug indicating a dependency of 
> the package is about to be removed.

And then, once it is autorm from testing without the maintainer saying
anything, open an RM bug for the rdep.

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Re: Removing py2 support from python-xattr Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2019-08-25 02:10 +0200
  Re: Removing py2 support from python-xattr Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2019-08-25 10:30 +0200

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