[PRQ#47162] Deletion Request for pypy-lxml
MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pypy-lxml [2]: Unused, abandoned, outdated dual PyPy/PyPy3 package from 2020. 0 votes/comments. No dependents. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pypy-lxml/
The package was adopted and updated, but this pkgbase should still be deleted. Because the pypy-lxml pkgbase now only builds a pypy3-lxml package. Though not highly likely, there still might be a chance that someone would like to maintain a pypy (Python2) based lxml, as pypy for Python2 code is not EOL. This pkgbase just blocks the possibility of someone uploading a pypy-lxml pgkbase+pkgname. The correct course of action is: - delete pypy-lxml pkgbase - upload pypy3-lxml pkgbase On 11 September 2023 00:45:27 GMT+02:00, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pypy-lxml [2]:
Unused, abandoned, outdated dual PyPy/PyPy3 package from 2020. 0 votes/comments. No dependents.
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pypy-lxml/
Request #47162 has been Rejected by muflone [1]: the pypy-lxml package was dropped and actually there're no reasons to free the pypy-lxml name [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/muflone/
On 10 February 2024 21:32:41 GMT+01:00, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #47162 has been Rejected by muflone [1]:
the pypy-lxml package was dropped and actually there're no reasons to free the pypy-lxml name
Muflone, I disagree on the last point. There are some people, e.g. those who work in science and Academia, who might benefit from being able to use PyPy for Python2 from AUR. (Such packages could be added by @petronny to the Arch4Edu unofficial repo, who already maintains the pypy-bin package.) Having access to proper PyPy(2) packages is especially appealing for some Python2-coupled use cases due to the fact that PyPy still fully supports Python2, it is not EOL like CPython2. PyPy also continues (albeit slowly) to be expanded in its compatibility shims with CPython's API's, both for Python2.7 and 3.9+. There is an enormous amount of legacy Python2 code in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). Arch Linux is a favorite in those fields due to the distro's DIY-friendliness, and because of the easy-to-use Arch User Repository. Denying the ability on AUR to create a pypy-lxml for Python2 does not seem to be a good decision to me.
Hi Marcell
the pypy-lxml package was dropped and actually there're no reasons to free the pypy-lxml name
Muflone, I disagree on the last point.
There are some people, e.g. those who work in science and Academia, who might benefit from being able to use PyPy for Python2 from AUR. (Such packages could be added by @petronny to the Arch4Edu unofficial repo, who already maintains the pypy-bin package.)
By requesting pypy-lxml package deletion you won't solve any problem raised, this will only create a new problem, the lack of pypy3-lxml package. Whenever the pypy3-lxml package maintainer raises the wish to rename the pkgbase and to reupload it with the correct name, his request would be approved for sure.
Denying the ability on AUR to create a pypy-lxml for Python2 does not seem to be a good decision to me.
There're actually no requests to free this pkgbase, so the deletion is not only pointless but also a damage to the current situation. Regards -- Fabio Castelli aka Muflone
On Feb 10, 2024, at 3:27 PM, Marcell Meszaros <marcell.meszaros@runbox.eu> wrote:
On 10 February 2024 21:32:41 GMT+01:00, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #47162 has been Rejected by muflone [1]:
the pypy-lxml package was dropped and actually there're no reasons to free the pypy-lxml name
Muflone, I disagree on the last point.
There are some people, e.g. those who work in science and Academia, who might benefit from being able to use PyPy for Python2 from AUR. (Such packages could be added by @petronny to the Arch4Edu unofficial repo, who already maintains the pypy-bin package.)
Having access to proper PyPy(2) packages is especially appealing for some Python2-coupled use cases due to the fact that PyPy still fully supports Python2, it is not EOL like CPython2. PyPy also continues (albeit slowly) to be expanded in its compatibility shims with CPython's API's, both for Python2.7 and 3.9+.
There is an enormous amount of legacy Python2 code in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
Arch Linux is a favorite in those fields due to the distro's DIY-friendliness, and because of the easy-to-use Arch User Repository.
Denying the ability on AUR to create a pypy-lxml for Python2 does not seem to be a good decision to me.
Last year, I tried to build puppy-lxml for python 2 unsuccessfully, if I’m given the right resource or information I might be willing to give it a try again, but could take a while. I need setup my new laptop and WSL, I do not use arch anymore but I do have a docker image I use to build my arch packages 📦
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Fernando Ortiz
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Marcell Meszaros
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Muflone
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