On 2019-11-13 15:06:54, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 11/12/19 4:37 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > The related binary packages are available in 2 binary names (depending on > > release) > > getmail4 (version=4,5) popcon installed ~2000 > > getmail (version=3,5) popcon installed ~1000 > > > > https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=getmail%20getmail4&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 > > > > I think this qualifies for "py2keep". > > IMO, this qualifies for RM-RoM. getmail is an alternative to fetchmail, > which is still available in Debian (and with 4 times the number of > installed package in popcon...). So I see no reason to keep getmail > then. Maybe tell this to upstream, and they may think another time.
Uh, no. Functionality-wise, they're quite different. getmail is (AFAIK) the only tool that works for gmail with ASPs disabled (i.e. with OAUTH). Heck, I'd be very willing to maintain Py3 patches myself, because I need this tool. regards, iustin
