Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 10:24, zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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'.
Considering this discussion, I do not see what could be done on the Guix side. Therefore, I am closing. Feel free to reopen if I miss something. All the best, simon
