Hi, On Tue, 04 May 2021 at 16:39, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote:
>From the command line, you can simply do this: > > guix build offlineimap --without-tests=python2-rfc6555 > > Within an OS configuration, or within a profile "manifest" file (if you > use "guix package --manifest", which is highly recommended), you can use > the following Scheme expression in place of 'offlineimap': > > (let ((transform (options->transformation > '((without-tests . "python2-rfc6555"))))) > (transform offlineimap)) The package offlineimap will go sooner or later since Python 2 is EOL. The migration from Py2 to Py3 is not clear [1] and the README [2] says: > As one of the maintainer of OfflineIMAP, I'd like to put my efforts into > [imapfw](http://github.com/OfflineIMAP/imapfw). **imapfw** is software in > development that I intend to replace OfflineIMAP with in the long term. > > That's why I'm not going to continue OfflineIMAP development. I'll continue > to maintain OfflineIMAP (fixing small bugs, reviewing patches and merging, > and rolling out new releases), but that's all. > > While I keep tracking issues for OfflineIMAP, you should not expect future support. > > You won't be left at the side. OfflineIMAP's community is large enough so that > you'll find people for most of your issues. > > Get news from the [blog][blog]. > > Nicolas Sebrecht. ,-) IMHO, the transformation is the easiest to still have the package and let the time to switch (to Offlinemap or something else). For instance, <https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3> Note the package should always be available via inferiors. All the best, simon 1: <https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/670> 2: <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/master/README.md>
