[R-pkg-team] Bug#965288: r-cran-findpython: Python2 removal in sid/bullseye

[Sandro Tosi]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 2:41 AM Adrian Bunk <bunk at debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 02:33:33AM -0400, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> > > Recommends: r-cran-testthat, python3 | python
> > >
> > > Non-default alternative looks OK to me.
> >
> > it doesnt really make much sense: either it needs python2 or python3;
> > if "| python" is not needed, it can be just easily dropped, and avoid
> > the confusion it causes (special cases are not special enough)
>
> As the package name says it does not need python, it finds python:
>
> Description-en: GNU R functions to find an acceptable Python binary
>  This GNU R package is designed to find an acceptable Python
>  binary.  It is possible to specify a minimum and a maximum Python
>  version as well as specifying needed Python modules.
>
> "python3 | python" looks correct to me for that.

the point of these bugs (as the subject says) is to remove python2
dependencies, so "| python" has to go. if it doesnt, then this bug
ought to stay open until it is addressed.

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