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Re: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye

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From	Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: getmail: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye
Date	Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:40:02 +0100
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On 2019-11-13 15:06:54, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 11/12/19 4:37 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > The related binary packages are available in 2 binary names (depending on release)
> >  getmail4 (version=4,5) popcon installed ~2000
> >  getmail  (version=3,5) popcon installed ~1000
> > 
> > https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=getmail%20getmail4&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
> > 
> > I think this qualifies for "py2keep".
> 
> IMO, this qualifies for RM-RoM. getmail is an alternative to fetchmail,
> which is still available in Debian (and with 4 times the number of
> installed package in popcon...). So I see no reason to keep getmail
> then. Maybe tell this to upstream, and they may think another time.

Uh, no. Functionality-wise, they're quite different. getmail is (AFAIK)
the only tool that works for gmail with ASPs disabled (i.e. with OAUTH).

Heck, I'd be very willing to maintain Py3 patches myself, because I need
this tool.

regards,
iustin

Thread

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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