[Python-modules-team] Bug#904492: python3-async: fails to install with Python 3.7

[Simon McVittie]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 at 21:14:48 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
>   Setting up python3-async (0.6.2-2) ...
>     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/async/test/task.py", line 6
>       from async.task import (
>                ^
>   SyntaxError: invalid syntax

There's no way this particular package is going to work without a
rename, because its name is now a reserved keyword.

Its README on Github says:

> 3.x: NOTE: it doesn't seem to work deterministically in this version,
> and must be avoided
...
> Development was discontinued, as there are much better alternatives,
> like zeromq.
...
> Async is considered useless (by me, the author)
...
> Please do not use this project

so I suspect the best solution may be to do as its author suggests and
not use it (and remove it from Debian).

    smcv