On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:45:59 -0400 Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> 
wrote:
> Package: src:hash-slinger
> Version: 2.7-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Python2.7 will go out of upstream security support during the Bullseye
> development cycle.  It is not safe to assume it will be included in the
> next release, so if you want to be sure hash-slinger can stay in Debian,
> please port it to python3.  I see upstream suddendly did a new release
> after three years, so maybe an upstream port will appear.
> 
> Personally, I want to remove some packages I maintain, particularly python-
> ipaddr, which hash-slinger depends on during the Bullseye cycle, regardless 
of
> what happens to python2.7, so please update (python3 includes the ipaddress
> module, which was developed from ipaddr, in the standard library).

Bumping to serious now that python-ipaddr has been requested for removal.

Please let me know if you have lost interest in the package.  If so, I will 
ask for it to be removed.

Scott K

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