On Jul 9, 2015 5:25 AM, "Robert Collins" <robe...@robertcollins.net> wrote: > > On 3 July 2015 at 08:29, Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote: > > > I think dropping these duplicates is the only thing that makes sense. For > > reference, I dropped python3-ipaddr once python3.2 was gone (because 3.3 has > > ipaddress, which does the same thing). > > Where its a dupe sure. > > unittest2, traceback2, linecache2, mock are not duplicates of the > functionality in 3.4 - they are backports of things in 3.5 (to all > pythons). And they will shortly have more than 3.5 itself has in it, > as they are rolling backports: what lands in 3.6 will go into them. So > I don't think removing them makes sense. > > I don't have a view on other packages. > > -Rob > > -- > Robert Collins <rbtcoll...@hp.com> > Distinguished Technologist > HP Converged Cloud > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAJ3HoZ0a9rSSAc-zv+7qhP+0n-wMGQ=hrm__togtuesopuk...@mail.gmail.com >
Further, should API compatibility also be considered? If I remember correctly ipaddress in the stdlib and ipaddr have similar but not exactly identical APIs
