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bug#48213: offlineimap build fails
From: |
zimoun |
Subject: |
bug#48213: offlineimap build fails |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:24:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
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'.
All the best,
simon