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bug#48213: offlineimap build fails
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zimoun |
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bug#48213: offlineimap build fails |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:20:21 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 10:24, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 22:55, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 May 2021 at 16:39, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:
>>
>>>>>From the command line, you can simply do this:
>>>
>>> guix build offlineimap --without-tests=python2-rfc6555
>>>
>>> Within an OS configuration, or within a profile "manifest" file (if you
>>> use "guix package --manifest", which is highly recommended), you can use
>>> the following Scheme expression in place of 'offlineimap':
>>>
>>> (let ((transform (options->transformation
>>> '((without-tests . "python2-rfc6555")))))
>>> (transform offlineimap))
>>
>> The package offlineimap will go sooner or later since Python 2 is EOL.
>> The migration from Py2 to Py3 is not clear [1] and the README [2] says:
>>
>> > As one of the maintainer of OfflineIMAP, I'd like to put my efforts into
>> > [imapfw](http://github.com/OfflineIMAP/imapfw). **imapfw** is software in
>> > development that I intend to replace OfflineIMAP with in the long term.
>> >
>> > That's why I'm not going to continue OfflineIMAP development. I'll
>> continue
>> > to maintain OfflineIMAP (fixing small bugs, reviewing patches and
>> merging,
>> > and rolling out new releases), but that's all.
>> >
>> > While I keep tracking issues for OfflineIMAP, you should not expect
>> future
>> > support.
>> >
>> > You won't be left at the side. OfflineIMAP's community is large enough so
>> > that
>> > you'll find people for most of your issues.
>> >
>> > Get news from the [blog][blog].
>> >
>> > Nicolas Sebrecht. ,-)
>>
>> IMHO, the transformation is the easiest to still have the package and
>> let the time to switch (to Offlinemap or something else). For instance,
>>
>> <https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3>
>>
>> Note the package should always be available via inferiors.
>>
>> All the best,
>> simon
>>
>> 1: <https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/670>
>> 2:
>> <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/master/README.md
>
> Considering the package 'offlineimap' is not supported upstream because
> it is Python 2 based and Python 2 is now End Of Life since January 1rst
> 2020, I propose to close this bug. The package 'offlineimap' will go
> soon or later. A standard replacement is the package 'isync'.
Considering this discussion, I do not see what could be done on the Guix
side. Therefore, I am closing.
Feel free to reopen if I miss something.
All the best,
simon
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