Bug#891993: syrthes-gui uses obsolete libs Qt4 and Python2

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 02:12:35AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:16:22 +0100 Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:
> > Source: syrthes
> > Version: 4.3.0-dfsg1-2
> > Severity: serious
> > Tags: sid buster
> > Justification: blocks python-qwt5-qt4 removal
> > Control: block 886779 with -1
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > src:syrthes Build-Depends on python-qwt5-qt4 which is scheduled for
> > removal (#886779). Please switch to a Qt5 solution or drop the
> > (Build-)Dependency altogether.
> > 
> > 
> > Andreas
> 
> These (along with python-qwt5-qt4) are being removed this cycyle.  Upstream 
> does not have a Qt5/Python3 release yet.  If the Python3/Qt4 requirements are 
> confined to the gui, maybe just that part can be dropped until upstream 
> releases a version we can support.

Hi Gilles,
syrthes is the only remaining packages blocking the removal of pyqwt5. Are
you planning to port the GUI yourself, should we (temporarily, until fixed)
drop the syrthes-gui package or if that's not an option, should syrthes be
(temporarily) removed altogether?

Cheers,
        Moritz