Bug#937302: playonlinux: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye

[Scott Talbert]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2020, Markus Koschany wrote:

>>>>> What is the games team plan for Python 3 support in playonlinux?  Do
>>>>> you plan to port it to Python 3?  Or remove?
>>>
>>> I don't plan to port playonlinux to Python 3. However, a new version
>>> of playonlinux is currently developped under Java [1]. There is no
>>> release date for now, but I will
>>> package it when a stable version is available.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bertrand
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/PhoenicisOrg/phoenicis
>>
>> Should we then RM playonlinux from Debian?
>>
>> Scott
>
> Why should we remove playonlinux from Debian? There is a Java port that
> just needs to be packaged. Python 2 has not been removed from Debian
> yet. All that is needed is someone who works on it. It is completely
> reasonable to have a package in unstable and not in testing for a while,
> especially when it has a popcon inst value of more than 4700.

Because it is preventing Python 2 removal work.  Python 2 removal is a 
long process, involving nearly 3500 packages [1].  It is not happening in 
one instant, but gradually over time.  At the moment, playonlinux is a 
leaf package from a Python 2 perspective and is thus blocking its Python 2 
rdeps from being removed.

Scott

[1] http://sandrotosi.me/debian/py2removal/index.html