[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1083564: psychopy: (build-)depends on deprecated module python3-pkg-resources

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2026, Jon Peirce wrote:
>    Should you switch to building Studio instead of PsychoPy Studio? We
>    will eventually replace the app but we plan to support both for another
>    year or so until we're confident that Studio is fully feature complete
>    (e.g. right now it doesn't have built-in demos) and robust. In most
>    ways it's superior to the old Python/wx app, but it's still a very new
>    codebase so we're calling it the "beta" option for now. I guess the
>    question is for you whether you want to support beta and/or deprecated
>    packages

Coolio, thanks for the explanations!

So, I guess we should package psychopy-app package. I guess to
stay more inline with your naming convention we should keep calling it
'psychopy-app' while making current 'psychopy' source package produce
both 'python3-psychopy' and 'psychopy' binaries with latter depending on
'psychopy-app'.  This way users would would keep installing "full"
'psychopy' would get both python package (python3-psychopy) and the GUI.

>    Happy to jump on a call if that would help to clarify.

I think we got it clear. Now just someone needs to do it... Anyone from
debian-med has spare cycles or token?

PS unlike during COVID, I find it difficult to squeeze beer
through the zoom.  Hope to cross paths in real life some time again.
May be next https://www.distribits.live (plans for 2027 one are starting
to form!)? 

Cheers,
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Yaroslav O. Halchenko
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