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

[Jerome BENOIT]

Hello,

it sounds as a race issue.

When SageMath will switch to Python 3 ?

Jerome

On 03/09/17 17:28, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> 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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