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

[Hugo Osvaldo Barrera]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015, at 12:37, G. Schlisio wrote:
> >> 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 this is an outdated duplicate (exept it uses python2) of the package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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Nope, it was out-of-date merely out of me not paying attention. It's
been updated now.

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Hugo Osvaldo Barrera