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On Fri, 2020-01-31 at 16:24 +0000, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 08:31:10AM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (2020-01-31) |
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> > # Last release in 2009. No tests. Python 2 only. No reverse |
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> > # dependencies. |
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> > # Removal in 30 days. Bug #707550. |
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> > app-mobilephone/lightblue |
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> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 08:35:27AM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Hello, |
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> > |
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> > The Python team no longer wishes to maintain the following package: |
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> > |
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> > dev-python/pybluez |
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> > |
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> > It has no tests, and it'd be better for it to have a dedicated |
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> > maintainer with working bluez and possible a use case for one of its |
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> > reverse dependencies: |
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> I'm using lightblue for rapid development to reverse-engineer/test |
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> behavior of some Bluetooth devices. Mostly as there was NOTHING else |
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> that made it easy to get it done. |
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> I don't care for the other reverse deps, but I'm willing to port |
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> lightblue to py3 and bump pybluez. |
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Doesn't it work via pip/virtualenv? I'm not going to stop you from |
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maintaining it if you want to but we generally recommend using |
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virtualenv for stuff that doesn't have end-user program kind of revdeps. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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