On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 07:37:51PM +0000, c.bu...@posteo.jp wrote: > Hello, > > I am a Python developer and upstream maintainer. > I am not much experience when it comes to distro packaging. > This is just an example of a case I often do observe. And I always ask > myself why this happens. > > Am 25.12.2024 18:47 schrieb Andreas Tille: > > the new version of python-cogent needs python-loky[1] > > I checked both package and do not understand why python-loky exist. It is a > mini package with less benefit. Why does Debian burn resources in packaging > things like this. I would ask python-cogent to remove that dependency > instead of create a package for it. As upstream maintainer I would not dare > to have dependencies like this in my project and bother distro maintainers > with it. > > I am assuming this package will be orphaned in the near future. > > I am asking the upstream maintainer for a justification about this > dependency: > <https://github.com/cogent3/cogent3/issues/2187>
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Acogent3%2Fcogent3%20loky&type=code -- WBR, wRAR
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