X-Debbugs-Cc: Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org>
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 04:51:33PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-Cc: 968...@bugs.debian.org > > * Package name : getmail6 > Version : 6.4 > Upstream Author : roland.punta...@gmail.com > * URL : https://github.com/getmail6 > * License : GNU GPL version 2 > Programming Lang: Python > Description : Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS > > getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It retrieves mail > (either all messages, or only unread messages) from one or more > POP3/IMAP4/SDPS servers for one or more email accounts, and reliably > delivers into a qmail-style Maildir, mbox file or to a command (pipe > delivery) like maildrop or procmail, specified on a per-account basis. > getmail also has support for domain (multidrop) mailboxes. > > The current getmail package only works with python2. > > But debian has moved to python3. > > Therefore getmail6, which is designed to work with python3, should be > added to Debian. > > No need to update the current debian getmail package. > Just somebody should maintain a new independent getmail6 pacakge. This getmail6 will install files like: /usr/bin/getmail /usr/bin/getmail_fetch /usr/bin/getmail_mbox /usr/bin/getmail_maildir /usr/bin/getmail-gmail-xoauth-tokens /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/getmailcore which are also installed by getmail. So, I guess the best possible way might be if getmail maintainer updates to this source, else I can package getmail6 with a "Breaks: getmail". -- Regards Sudip
