Discontinued upstream. The last version is broken with py3.9. The last revdep stopped depending on it.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8480ce5d84aa90d82aac4c4be226fff59a16a1be commit 8480ce5d84aa90d82aac4c4be226fff59a16a1be Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-03-16 20:30:14 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-03-16 20:30:48 +0000 package.mask: Last rite dev-python/xlrd Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/776748 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
The upstream changelog seems to imply not "discontinued", but "will support the legacy binary format only". However, being able to read the legacy format is still useful and pandas seems to still support using xlrd to read XLS files. Is it a matter of "we want to remove this package from Gentoo" or "if someone wants to keep it, please step up"?
Hmm, for some reason I thought we're at the newest version. I'm going to recheck if 2.0.1 fixes py3.9 and then restore it.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=51af781d428421f3c9eb291fbb2a2e5aec86aeca commit 51af781d428421f3c9eb291fbb2a2e5aec86aeca Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-03-17 11:59:31 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-03-17 12:07:58 +0000 package.mask: Revert "Last rite dev-python/xlrd" Reverts: 8480ce5d84aa90d82aac4c4be226fff59a16a1be Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/776748 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
