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| From | Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.python |
| Subject | Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye |
| Date | 2019-11-12 17:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <z1GKd-7AW-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:37:27AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Upstream is active and prides to keep python 2.5 compatibility code in
> it ... (Not just 2.7). I (Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>) and dkg even
> made some effort to support both 2 and 3 but the idea was rejected by
> upstream in 2018. (Then we both lost motivation since upstream will not
> include such code in near future)
> https://marc.info/?l=getmail&m=151542515929707&w=2
>
> The upstream is somehow convinced that python2 will be there for some
> time (Year ~2020 and later).
> https://marc.info/?l=getmail&m=151542154628352&w=2
uh. meh.
I haven't looked at the code, but if you made the effort, how improbable
would it be for you to just keep the patches for py3 support yourself in
the packaging for the time being?
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Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2019-11-12 16:40 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2019-11-12 17:10 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2019-11-13 15:20 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2019-11-13 09:40 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2019-11-13 15:30 +0100
Re: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org> - 2019-11-13 15:40 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2019-11-13 16:30 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org> - 2019-11-14 00:00 +0100
Bug#936604: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> - 2020-02-19 22:40 +0100
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