On 2019-10-13 18:30:54, Sandro Tosi wrote: > > > all of this so that i will be able to upgrade nsscache from python2 to > > > python3: > > > it requires pymox for tests. > > > > Honestly last I looked at mox, the mock library shipped with python was > > as good, so maybe a better thing would be to port the unittests. But, > > that's a separate thing. > > i agree upstream projects should move to mock but not all of them are there > yet. > > > > It would also be great if you'd consider migrating your python packages to > > > the DPMT team :) > > > > I'd have to learn what needs to be done first, but given this is already > > under debian with righs for all DDs, what would DPMT bring on top? > > i think the most important reason is mentioned in the policy: > https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/blob/master/policy.rst > > ``` > by packaging available modules that may be useful and > providing a central location for packages maintained by a team, hence > improving responsiveness, integration, and standardization. > ``` > > in the case of the py2 removal process, it would be extremely helpful > to have as many packages as possible in the team, so that we could > have a more standardize approach to upload packages to remove their > py2 packages. of course, it's your choice where you want to maintain > your packages, i just think for a python module, that place is DPMT
Ack, understood. Migrating is an option, but low on my priority list :) BTW, the NMU introduced a bug in the autopkgtest so testing migration was blocked (yay!). I've just uploaded 0.7.8-2 to fix this, but again, thanks a lot for finding the new upstream and updating the package, appreciated. iustin
