[Python-apps-team] Bug#988716: platformio 4.3.4 cannot download required frameworks

[Stefano Rivera]

Hi Sebastian (2021.05.18_10:34:31_-0400)
> Upstream changed paths for the framework manifest files in recent
> releases and did not maintain backward compatibility links resulting
> in 4.3.4 no longer being able to install the frameworks.

Had a quick look, and it's worse than that. Not just a change in paths,
but an entire new package manager, with a new API (/v2/ in the URLs).

Changelog: https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/blob/master/HISTORY.rst#500-2020-09-03
Some relevant history here: https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/commits/59b02120b648a41965974f27ac0b6c5d44dd11d3/platformio/package/manager/platform.py

> This means the package is basically unusable for new installations
> Since it did not exist in buster, it is always a new installation
> in bullseye. Considering we are in late freeze phase I suggest to
> drop the package from Debian testing (and upload a new upstream
> release to sid).

Sounds like the right call.

SR

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