[Spambayes] python3 ?

[Skip Montanaro]

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Skip

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 5:15 PM Dale Schroeder <dale at txschroeder.family>
wrote:

> On 9/15/20 3:46 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>
> Is there any chance someone will rewrite Spambayes to use python3? In
>> Debian, it's hanging on by a thread, as they move from python2 to python3.
>>
>
> I'll take a look, but I know nothing about packaging stuff for Debian. Can
> you put me in touch with someone who can help in that regard? At a bare
> minimum, I would want to know exactly what files are in the existing
> package and if there is a set of patches the Debian folks apply when
> packaging SpamBayes.
>
> Skip
>
>
> Researching your question, I was surprised to learn that there is now a
> package page for the latest "stable" release of the OS.  The one name on
> that page is Hugo Lefeuvre; it contains a link to his email.   Under
> "External Resources" is a link to *your* Github page, so this would seem
> to be a good fit for you.
>
> https://packages.debian.org/buster/spambayes
>
> Debian had been far behind, and I was using the directions for
> python-stdeb ( https://pypi.org/project/stdeb/ ) to build my own packages
> from the archives that you had created.  It looks like Debian has caught up
> in that regard, but their package for "Buster" still requires python2; i.e.
> no python3 development.  I use the next release, "Bullseye", and python2
> packages are being removed at every turn.
>
> Debian packaging wiki:  https://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian
>
> I hope this is the information for which you were looking.  Anything you
> can do to help would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> Dale
>
>
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