[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#948473: cain: should this package be removed?

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Sandro,

On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 09:28:16PM -0500, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> 
> * python2-only
> * no upstream release since July 2012 (not even advertized on their HP)
> * low popcon (but it's also probably part of a niche package)

I once gave it a try with 2to3 but failed.  I intend to give
it another try later.

> * one of the only 2 reverse-dependency for python-scipy

For the moment I think removing cain from testing and remove
Python2 version of python-scipy is OK.  Cain definitely should
not block progress in scipy.
 
> It is my opinion we should remove this package from Debian; if i dont hear back
> within a week with a good reason to keep this package around, i'll file for its
> removal.

If you do not agree with the method above I'm fine with the
removal.

Kind regards

     Andreas.

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