Hi Eric, On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:18 AM Eric Raymond <ericraymond...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reason given for removing cvs-fast-export is, I believe, in error. > I went to considerable effort to prepare it for Python 2 EOL > and find it quite annoying that it was removed anyway. > > ... > Thus, cvs-fast-export can use Python 2 if that is all the environment has > available, > but it will cheerfully use Python 3. It doesn't care which interpreter > "python" redirects to.
Thanks for the heads up, and I sincerely apologize for the removal of cvs-fast-export from Debian "bullseye" (testing). It is, thankfully, still in Debian "sid" (unstable) and "buster" (stable, i.e. Debian 10). The problems actually lies in me, actually, or rather, in my failure to update the Debian packaging files in time, especially debian/control and debian/rules, to use Python 3 instead. > Please either reinstate cvs-fast-export or file a bug against it explaining > how it actually fails to be Python-version-agnostic. I'll be fixing the packaging soon, and either upload 1.47-2 to use Python 3, or upgrade to 1.50 and upload 1.50-1. If all goes well, cvs-fast-export should be back in Debian "bullseye" (testing) within one week. Best regards, Anthony
