Thanks, I'll take a look. Skip
On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 5:15 PM Dale Schroeder <dale@txschroeder.family> wrote: > On 9/15/20 3:46 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > > Is there any chance someone will rewrite Spambayes to use python3? In >> Debian, it's hanging on by a thread, as they move from python2 to python3. >> > > I'll take a look, but I know nothing about packaging stuff for Debian. Can > you put me in touch with someone who can help in that regard? At a bare > minimum, I would want to know exactly what files are in the existing > package and if there is a set of patches the Debian folks apply when > packaging SpamBayes. > > Skip > > > Researching your question, I was surprised to learn that there is now a > package page for the latest "stable" release of the OS. The one name on > that page is Hugo Lefeuvre; it contains a link to his email. Under > "External Resources" is a link to *your* Github page, so this would seem > to be a good fit for you. > > https://packages.debian.org/buster/spambayes > > Debian had been far behind, and I was using the directions for > python-stdeb ( https://pypi.org/project/stdeb/ ) to build my own packages > from the archives that you had created. It looks like Debian has caught up > in that regard, but their package for "Buster" still requires python2; i.e. > no python3 development. I use the next release, "Bullseye", and python2 > packages are being removed at every turn. > > Debian packaging wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian > > I hope this is the information for which you were looking. Anything you > can do to help would be great. > > Thanks, > Dale > > > >
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