MBF: Removing old GNOME python bindings

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Hi,

It is high time that we remove the old GNOME python bindings. We have had the
"new" GObject introspection support since at least Squeeze. The old ones are
completely unmaintained and unsupported.

I'd like to get gnome-python, gnome-python-extras, pyorbit, nautilus-python and
pygtksourceview removed from testing for the Stretch release. Most of the
gnome-python and gnome-python-extras binaries have already been removed. This is
the final push.

Removing pygtk and pygobject-2 may be unreasonable for Stretch, so if that can't
happen we'll file bugs soon after the Stretch release (or file them earlier and
bump the severity after the release) to get it done for Buster.

For gnome-python{,-extras}, pyorbit, nautilus-python and pygtksourceview there
are 54 reverse dependencies, and only 2 of them are key packages. One of those
(cinnamon) doesn't actually need to depend on any of these packages and can just
drop the dependency, and the other (hamster-applet) will need to be updated to a
new upstream version or get removed as well.

There is a porting guide upstream:

https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/PyGObject/IntrospectionPorting

Also see:

https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/GObjectIntrospection
https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/PyGObject

Packages can use the replacements:

pygtksourceview		-> gir1.2-gtksource-3.0
python-gnomekeyring	-> gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0
python-rsvg		-> gir1.2-rsvg-2.0
python-wnck		-> gir1.2-wnck-3.0

etc.

Please find attached a list of rdeps and a dd-list.

Cheers,
Emilio
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Aigars Mahinovs <aigarius at debian.org>
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Alexander Alemayhu <alexander at bitraf.no>
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Andrea Veri <and at debian.org>
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Bruno Nova <brunomb.nova at gmail.com>
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Caitlin Matos <caitlin.matos at zoho.com>
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Chris Lawrence <lawrencc at debian.org>
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Chris Silva <racerx at makeworld.com>
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Christoph Egger <christoph at debian.org>
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Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof at ubuntu.com>
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Clint Byrum <spamaps at debian.org>
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Daniel Echeverry <epsilon77 at gmail.com>
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Dave Kerr <aidave at shaw.ca>
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Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
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Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob at debian.org>
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Emilien Klein <emilien+debian at klein.st>
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Etienne Millon <me at emillon.org>
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Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio at tiscali.it>
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Fabrice Coutadeur <coutadeurf at gmail.com>
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Francois Marier <francois at debian.org>
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Frederic Peters <fpeters at debian.org>
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Guido Tabbernuk <boamaod at gmail.com>
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J. Félix Ontañón <fontanon at emergya.es>
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Jan Luebbe <jluebbe at debian.org>
   pida (U)

Jeremy Bicha <jbicha at ubuntu.com>
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John Sullivan <johns at debian.org>
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Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>
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José Ernesto Dávila Pantoja <josernestodavila at gmail.com>
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Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne at gmail.com>
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Jörg Frings-Fürst <debian at jff-webhosting.net>
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Kartik Mistry <kartik at debian.org>
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Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs at debian.org>
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Luciano Bello <luciano at debian.org>
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Ludovico Cavedon <cavedon at debian.org>
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Margarita Manterola <marga at debian.org>
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Max Bowsher <maxb at f2s.com>
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Russell Coker <russell at coker.com.au>
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Sam Hocevar (Debian packages) <sam+deb at zoy.org>
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Sandro Knauß <bugs at sandroknauss.de>
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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian at breakpoint.cc>
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Sergio Talens-Oliag <sto at debian.org>
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Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct at ubuntu.com>
   gnome-activity-journal

Torsten Werner <twerner at debian.org>
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Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik.sverdrup at gmail.com>
   dragbox

Varun Hiremath <varun at debian.org>
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Vincent Cheng <vcheng at debian.org>
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W. Martin Borgert <debacle at debian.org>
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