Hi, On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 22:55, zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
Considering the package 'offlineimap' is not supported upstream because it is Python 2 based and Python 2 is now End Of Life since January 1rst 2020, I propose to close this bug. The package 'offlineimap' will go soon or later. A standard replacement is the package 'isync'. All the best, simon
