Bug 719788

Summary:	dev-python/python-distutils-extra: removal?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team <python>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Michał Górny archtester

2020-04-27 11:54:59 UTC

The launchpad homepage [1] is definitely dead.  There seem to be some new releases from [2] but it's unclear if it's moved, forked or just internal Debian maintenance fork.  I can't find a bug tracker there, and the old one on launchpad is dead.

If we can't find a proper upstream that accepts bug reports for this package, we should aim to remove it.

[1] https://launchpad.net/python-distutils-extra
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-distutils-extra

Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester

2020-04-28 09:09:00 UTC

I've gotten a reply from the current maintainer.  Basically, upstream is gone and Debian is keeping this on life support.  We can try filing Debian bugs.  I've also submitted a few merge requests to keep this alive for a while more but I suppose we should discourage people from using it.

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2022-06-05 14:07:02 UTC

Also the tests fail when using distutils bundled in setuptools.