[aur-requests] [PRQ#4315] Deletion Request for python2-radicale

[G. Schlisio]

>> fordprefect [1] filed a deletion request for python2-radicale [2]:
>>
>> this is an outdated duplicate (exept it uses python2) of the package
>> radicale.
>> there is no need for a python2-version, since this is not a library,
>> python3 is standard in archlinux and the pkgbuild is easily tweaked to
>> use python2 in the rare case someone really needs it.
>>
>> [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/fordprefect/
>> [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-radicale/
> 
> 
> While the above is mostly true, this package exists as a transitive
> dependency for khard, which is python3 incompatible.
> 
> This package contains a standalone script, but is also a dependency for
> others, particularly python2-vdirsyncer, on which khard depends.
> 

i see. is this the reason for the ancient version as well? if so, the
flag should be removed and the legacy should reflect in the packages
name. otherwise i at least advice to update this.

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