On Tue, 2017-01-10 at 10:27 +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: > Hi Georges and Debian-Science, > > the "Sympy" package, and all its reverse dependencies are going to be > removed on Jan 29, which is not very long ahead. The reason is a > number > of bugs with the following dependency chain: > > sympy: > * build-depends on python-sphinxcontrib.blockdiag ... > execnet: > * has RC bugs #840823, #846951 and #846952 (errors in build time > tests) > > The mentioned build dependency of sympy seems to be optional (builds > fine without it), and I also have no idea of how to solve the RC bugs > in > blockdiag and execnet. So save sympy from removal, I would propose to > remove the dependency as long as the RC bugs remain unfixed. I can do > that in the next days as a team upload. >
In #840823 they're talking also about dropping execnet dependencies to help execnet along. I don't know if that will fix the other 2 bugs though. Given the uncertainty in execnet, I think your proposal to remove the dependency in sympy is best for now. python-sphinxcontrib.blockdiag simply helps building diagrams for documentation, so it's not crucial for operation. Unfortunate if a diagram goes missing, but sympy users can still use online documentation. Can mark the missing diagram (if we can locate it) as a non-RC bug and reinstate the python-sphinxcontrib.blockdiag dependency later if execnet is fixed. Drew
