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

[Tobias Hansen]

On 09/05/2017 09:05 AM, Ximin Luo wrote:
> Laurent Gautier:
>
>>> On 09/03/2017 02:34 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>>>> it sounds as a race issue.
>>>>
>>>> When SageMath will switch to Python 3 ?
>>> They are working on it and they know that other projects have announced
>>> to stop supporting Python 2, for example on http://www.python3statement.
>>> org/
>>> That page also has a chart that lists rpy2 2.8 as supported during 2018
>>> with Python 2 support.
>>>
>> There is no plan to remove older rpy2-2.8.x releases on pypi. The support
>> for Python 2 means that critical bugs will be fixed and minor releases in
>> the 2.8.x series will be made. 2018 is coming soon though, and I'll likely
>> accept pull requests after that date.
>>
>>
> Then this implies that we should maintain 2.8 in Debian in case anyone needs to use it in Python 2, which is the case for SageMath. Separately, we could maybe ask them to stop depending on it.
>
> X
>

I filed an ITP bug for rpy2-2.8: https://bugs.debian.org/874339

Dirk, if you want to be the maintainer or in the Uploaders list let me
know. Could make sense given that rpy2 sometimes needs rebuilds for new
R versions. Otherwise I'll upload a package soon.

Best,

Tobias