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On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 08:35:02PM -0400, Aaron wrote in |
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<20200629003502.GD17128@bubba>: |
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># Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> (2020-06-28) |
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># More Py2 only stuff. Plz see -dev ML for discussions |
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># Remove bindings, port to Py3, etc |
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># Removal in 30 days |
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>net-mail/getmai |
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I know this is at the 11th hour, but having been a long time user of |
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getmail, I would be sad to see this package removed from |
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gentoo. Reading and enquiring on the getmail user support list, I |
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learn that the author of getmail is reluctant to make Python 3 support |
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for this package a priority and won't commit to any immediate efforts |
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on his part to make this happen. |
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An effort has been made to port this program to Python 3 by some of |
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its users, see https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6 . The name |
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getmail6 has been chosen over the existing name of getmail as to not |
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hijack the project from its current primary developer and also to |
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avoid conflicts. |
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I'd like to volunteer myself as proxy maintainer for this package. As |
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this would be the first package in gentoo I'd be working on, I ask for |
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advice on the following two points: |
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- Can the removal of this package from gentoo be pushed backwards with |
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a month or so to allow me to work on packaging this new version as |
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well as do some rudimentary testing to ensure it works properly with |
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Gentoo? (some success has been reported: |
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https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/issues/7#issuecomment-661127141 ) |
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- As upstream for this program would be changed, should the name |
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getmail in gentoo be kept or would it better to use getmail6, and if |
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so, what would be the best way to go about this? |
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Thank you kindly in advance! |
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Kind regards, |
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Remmy |
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