On 11/13/19 3:31 PM, Iustin Pop wrote: > 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).
Oh ! Thanks for the insight. I didn't know. > Heck, I'd be very willing to maintain Py3 patches myself, because I need > this tool. Then there's no issue anymore? :) Thomas
