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From: "Cédric Krier" <cedk@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Package up for grabs: dev-python/suds
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:20:32
Message-Id: 20200430161902.GR31642@kei
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Package up for grabs: dev-python/suds by prometheanfire
1 On 2020-04-30 10:33, prometheanfire wrote:
2 > On 20-04-30 17:01:27, Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > The following package is now looking for a new maintainer:
6 > >
7 > > dev-python/suds
8 > >
9 > > Its revdeps are dev-python/oslo-vmware, sys-cluster/cinder (openstack@ /
10 > > prometheanfire@), net-wireless/chirp (zerochaos@ / radio), dev-
11 > > python/python-stdnum (cedk@).
12 > >
13 > > The package is a dead (2014) fork of a dead (2010) package. We're
14 > > hacking it to look like the original but it's a really ugly hack.
15 > > Whoever wants to take it -- please change it to edit setup.py instead.
16 > >
17 > > It's broken with modern pytest [1]. The immediate issue should be
18 > > fixable via trivial sed but there might more lurking around the corner.
19 > > There might be more bugs but Bugzilla just died.
20 > >
21 > > Py2 removal in this package is blocked by chirp.
22 > >
23 > > There's humongous number of forks and forks of forks on pypi [1] if
24 > > someone wants to look for a better version.
25 > >
26 > >
27 > > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/720122
28 > > [2] https://pypi.org/search/?q=suds
29 > >
30 >
31 > dev-python/oslo-vmware and sys-cluster/cinder have suds removed in the
32 > next release, which is in a few weeks, so it'll be removed 'soon'.
33
34 For dev-python/python-stdnum, it is an alternative dependency. The same
35 feature is also implemented using dev-python/zeep. So for me
36 dev-python/suds can be cleaned.
37
38 --
39 Cédric Krier

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