* Paul Wise: > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 7:26 AM, Hilko Bengen wrote: > >> construct (python-construct, python3-construct) as of version 2.8 has >> broken its API which has been a problem during the stretch release >> (#853082). I believe that a proper solution to this mess is to patch the >> handful affected packages so that they import code from construct_legacy >> instead of construct and have them depend on this package. > > Wouldn't it be better to port the reverse dependencies to the new version?
Sure, but that takes time and packages are broken right now. I'm all for getting rid of the legacy fork package once it is no longer needed. Cheers, -Hilko
