[Debichem-devel] Bug#956260: Bug#956260: bkchem: should this package be removed?

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

On Thu, Apr 09, 2020 at 01:38:13PM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 09.04.2020, 08:48 +0200 schrieb Tone Kokalj:
> > On 2020-04-09 06:14, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> 
> [..]
> > > i think this pacakge should be removed from debian:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > * python2-only
> > > * dead upstream (last release in 2010)
> > > * relatively low pop-con
> > > * keeps in the archive at least 1 package that could be removed if we 
> > > remove
> > >   bkchem
> > > 
> > > if I dont receive within week a good reason to keep this pacakge in the 
> > > archive,
> > > i'll file for its removal.
> > 
> > To my opinion, bkchem is the best simple program for drawing chemical 
> > skeletal formulae.
> > As a chemist I use it all the time. It would really be a pity if it 
> > disappears from Debian.
> 
> It seems there was some attempt to port it:
> https://python-forum.io/Thread-Error-during-2to3-conversion
> 
> I can run this tool locally (2to3 package). It seems it throws some errors on
> some files and I'm currently checking if these errors can be fixed by using
> iconv. However the changes are huge! So if someone else with Python knowledge
> wants to port it, pleaes feel free to do so.
> 
> I checked the other distros. But none has any python3 patch.

Let's go ahead with removal now? This is blocking progress on lower level
dependencies. If no Py3 arises until the bullseye release, it would also
be an option to upload a package to Flathub.

Cheers,
        Moritz