On 2020-03-17 09:14:03, Scott Kitterman wrote: > Package: src:dateparser > Version: 0.7.2-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.2.1 > > This package uses python pip to download and install packages from outside the > Debian archive to run autopkgtests. Main is required to be self-contained, > including for tests. See the FTP Master's reject FAQ [1] item Non-Main II. > > An excerpt from a recent autpkgtest log is included below to demonstrate the > issue with this package.
I believe this is only a problem because autopkgtest isn't configured to install the build-deps of the package, not that it requires packages outside of main per se. I would be happy to take a patch or NMU to do this, but i'm a bit busy to take care of this myself right now.