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

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 02:45:22AM -0400, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> 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.

This would only make sense if the point were to not ship python2
in bullseye.

cu
Adrian