On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 04:47:45PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Package: python-debian > Version: 0.1.21+nmu2 > Severity: wishlist > Control: block -1 by 704594
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 04:19:42PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Can you please file a bug report about that (ideally marking the pending > > ITPs as blockers for it)? Regarding changing interfaces it would be > > better not to do that, of course, but even more so because it's not > > clear to me how many users of the debfile module are out there in the > > wild. We can do a call for it or something, but let's move the > > discussion to an appropriate bug report first. > Sure. Here is your bug. So let me give a summary of advantages of the > move: > * Less code. > * Works with non-seekable fileobjs. > * #642020 is fixed for free (but there also is a patch). > * #689313 would be obsoleted (but there also is a patch). > * python-arpy has a responsive upstream and maintainer. The python-arpy package in the NEW queue doesn't have a python3 version, so this would regress python-debian. You might want to fix this first. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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