Bug#896954: python-xarray: Missing package 'python-xarray' (for Python2)

[Graham Inggs]

Hi

On 09/05/2018 11:07, Alastair McKinstry wrote:

> There is currently a debate within Debian Python about dropping Python2
> altogether.  While this is not going to happen for the next release, it
> will likely happen for the following release, and there is a strong
> reluctance to adding any new python2 packages.
> All our work is going into the transition to Python3.

There was a thread in debian-devel about this:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/04/msg00508.html

> So, What packages currently need / want python2-xarray ? Can we help in
> porting?

A highlight from that thread:

On 22 April 2018 at 15:59, Ian Jackson <ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk> 
wrote:
 > People use Debian for things other than QAing Debian packages.

So users may find Python2 packages useful, even if there are no 
reverse-depedencies in Debian.

Regards
Graham