Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs: dev-python/pythondialog /ramlfications /repoze-sphinx-autointerface /robotframework /sleekxmpp /sphinxcontrib-issuetracker /toro /tx*
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:16:10
Message-Id: 20200426101603.53f341b0@storm
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs: dev-python/pythondialog /ramlfications /repoze-sphinx-autointerface /robotframework /sleekxmpp /sphinxcontrib-issuetracker /toro /tx* by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:43:16 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > The Python team will no longer maintain the following packages. They
5 > all need porting to Python 3.7 and newer, and have some obstacle
6 > in doing so. They have only few revdeps which we do not maintain.
7 >
8 > dev-python/pythondialog
9 > dev-python/ramlfications
10 > dev-python/repoze-sphinx-autointerface
11 > dev-python/robotframework
12 > dev-python/sleekxmpp
13 > dev-python/sphinxcontrib-issuetracker
14 > dev-python/toro
15 > dev-python/txaio
16 > dev-python/txAMQP
17 > dev-python/txgithub
18 > dev-python/txrequests
19 >
20 >
21 > pythondialog is used by net-analyzer/gvm-tools (jonas.licht@)
22 > and net-vpn/protonvpn-cli (ilmostro7@). It is missing tests.
23 >
24 > ramlfications are used by dev-util/buildbot (dolsen@ indicate he'll
25 > revive it). The tests fail already and it's on 2016 snapshot.
26 > It seems pretty much dead.
27 >
28 > repoze-sphinx-autointerface is used by dev-python/txtorcon (just taken
29 > by dolsen@). It is missing tests.
30 >
31 > robotframework is needed only for dev-python/robotbackgroundlogger
32 > (zmedico@). It is missing tests.
33 >
34 > sleekxmpp is used by net-im/err (pinkbyte@) and net-im/spectrum2
35 > (conikost@, andrey_utkin@). It is broken with py3.7 and upstream
36 > has archived the repository.
37 >
38 > sphinxcontrib-issuetracker is used only by dev-python/pydocstyle
39 > (python@, monsieurp@, andrewammerlaan@). Either the tests or the
40 > whole package is broken with Sphinx 3 (and possibly older).
41 >
42 > toro is needed only by dev-python/thriftpy (sci@). Some of the tests
43 > are failing (already) and no upstream activity since 2016.
44 >
45 > txaio is only used by dev-util/buildbot (dolsen@) and sci-libs/vtk
46 > (sci@). All tests fail with a test suite error.
47 >
48 > txAMQP by dev-python/carbon (patrick@, grobian@). Tests require
49 > a system instance of rabbitmq server.
50 >
51 > txgithub is the only package that I managed to test up to Python 3.8
52 > (though either test coverage or API coverage is near zero). It is
53 > used by dev-util/buildbot (dolsen@).
54 >
55 > txrequests is used by dev-util/buildbot (dolsen@). It is missing
56 > tests.
57 >
58
59 Yes, I'll take the buildbot ones again.
60
61 ramlfications had been dropped by buildbot. It is only for
62 buildbot-0.9.7 which I'll be cleaning out, so we can mark it for
63 cleaning.