[Debian-science-sagemath] Removal of python-rpy2

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Tobias,

On 3 September 2017 at 10:57, Tobias Hansen wrote:
| Hi Dirk,
| 
| I just saw that you removed python-rpy2, the Python 2 version of rpy2.
| The problem is that sagemath depends on this package.

:-/
 
| The comment in the changelog is "Remove python2 remnants as only Python3
| supported upstream".
| What exactly does that mean?

Laurent (CC'ed) turned it off upstream.  In all fairness he had said for
quite some time that it would happen with this version 2.9.*.

| Is it now suddenly impossible to provide python-rpy2?

I am afraid so.

| Could you please bring it back?

That would be a departure from upstream I do not think serves anyone.

Can you within sagemath add it as a local component?

Dirk

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