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Re: py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2 packages

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On Sunday, April 12, 2020 9:56:01 PM EDT Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Hello,
> python-pytest is blocking 18 packages from removal, most of them would
> be leaves once python-pytest is gone.
> 
> so i was playing with the idea of tackling python-pytest removal by
> updating all its rdeps and not run unittests for the python2 binary
> (so dropping pytest and the other b-d* only used for tests).
> 
> I know it's suboptimal (some python2 packages can still see updates
> until we're ready to drop them and running tests can still have
> value), but i think the cost/benefit ratio points towards removing
> python-pytest soon rather than wait.
> 
> There are only 25 packages that would need updating, and most of them
> are in DPMT/PAPT.

Go for it.

Scott K

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py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2 packages Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2020-04-13 04:00 +0200
  Re: py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2 packages Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-04-13 05:10 +0200
    Re: py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2  packages Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57@debian.org> - 2020-04-13 11:30 +0200
      Re: py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2  packages Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2020-04-13 15:40 +0200
  Re: py2removal: drop python-pytest by not running tests for python2 packages Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2020-04-14 06:50 +0200

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