[issue41103] Removing old buffer support

[Miro Hrončok]

Miro Hrončok <miro at hroncok.cz> added the comment:

I've just seen a fix of PyQt4 that basically copy pastes (some of) the removed code to PyQt4:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/PyQt4/pull-request/2#request_diff

What is the benefit of removing this? Is copy pasting the compatibility layer to (possibly many) different projects worth the "cleanup"?

In Fedora, at least 7 packages are broken so far:

PyQt4: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895298
libsolv: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1896411
m2crypto: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897148
apsw: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897500
djvulibre: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897558
wsaccel: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899550
webassets: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899555

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