(unnecessary) python-gtk dependency blocking Debian packaging

Da: Simon McVittie
A: Axel Beckert
CC: <email address hidden>, Guido Maria Serra
Oggetto: Re: [pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#885140: wicd: Depends on unmaintained pygtk
Data: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 15:43:05 +0000 (28/12/2019 16:43:05)

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 at 15:49:45 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Simon McVittie wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 at 09:31:29 -0500, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> > > The way forward is to port your app to use GObject Introspection
> > > bindings.
> >
> > This appears to be fixed in experimental along with #938823.
>
> Why do you think so?

The python-gtk dependency went away, so it's certainly true to say that
the version in experimental no longer depends on the unmaintained package,
which is what the submitter of #885140 wanted :-)

(As a result the GUI doesn't work any more (#946380), which I agree is a
blocker for upload to unstable - but it's a step in the right direction.)

    smcv

 + + +

Why do you think so? AFAIK upstream (Cc'ed) hasn't fixed that part
yet, see also https://bugs.debian.org/946380 (Guido: can you have a
look at that issue, i.e. Debian bug report #946380?)