On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 06:49:53PM -0700, John M. Harris Jr wrote:
On Sunday, May 19, 2019 2:05:46 AM MST Silvia Sánchez wrote:
Hello,
Yes, I know Python 2 will be soon removed, but I can't just let Bleachbit die. It's too useful for that. Finding a sponsor seems to be the hard bit. I've been looking for one for ages. Thanks for the answer.
Kind regards, Silvia FAS: Lailah
Unfortunately, this package will eventually be hurt by this new FESCo policy to remove Python2. It is unfortunate, but cannot really be avoided. If it doesn't get a FESCo exception (and FESCo has denied several exceptions, regardless of the package actually having a maintainer), it will be removed without consent from you or another maintainer.
FESCo doesn't just deny requests to keep python2 packages willy-nilly: - 20 requests were accepted - 4 were closed because the port to python3 happened in the meantime - 1 was closed because maintainers assume that a port will happen before F32 - 1 was rejected because maintainers couldn't provide a list of packages that need the exception - 1 was rejected because there was no hope for a python3 port because of lack of development.
Also note that there is a blanket approval for using just python2 at build time.
Zbyszek