[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#971299: onionshare: Switch to python3-pycryptodome

[Sebastian Ramacher]

On 2020-10-05 15:18:46 +0200, Clément Hermann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Control: block 971299 with 886291
> thanks
> 
> On 28/09/2020 23:29, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> > Source: onionshare
> > Version: 2.2-2
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: sid bullseye
> > Usertags: pycrypto
> > 
> > Dear maintainer,
> > 
> > onionshare currently Build-Depends or Depends on python3-crypto from
> > PyCrypto. This project is no longer maintained and PyCryptodome
> > (https://www.pycryptodome.org/en/latest/) provides a drop in
> > replacement. Please switch to python3-pycryptodome. I'd like to
> > remove python-crypto before the release of bullseye.
> 
> 
> As far as I understand it, pycryptodome *can* be a drop-in replacement
> usually, but not currently in Debian since it doesn't install in Crypto
> but Cryptodomex namespace (#886291).
> 
> Are there any plan to change it when python3-crypto is removed or before ?
> 
> Of course, we can patch onionshare to import cryptodomex, but that patch
> would be debian-only then… Upstream already expect pycryptodome as
> Crypto module.

Sorry for the delay. I don't have any plans other than removing
python3-crypto. CCing the pycryptodome maintainer for more input.

Cheers

> 
> Take care,
> 
> -- 
> nodens

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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