Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 08. 02. 26 11:19, Mattia Verga via python-devel wrote: > > I'd like to raise attention to some concerns about the python-dateutil > > package status. > > The package is not actively maintained by upstream [1] and I got an early > > warning about it fails to build with Python 3.15 [2]. > > A user also tried to report a security vulnerability to upstream, but they > > got no response [3]. > > Yet the package seems to be required by, ehm, a few others [4]. Shall we > > encourage other dependent packages to find alternatives and move away from > > python-dateutil? I didn't try to fix the Python 3.15 FTB (yet), but I don't > > want to try to maintain the package in a working state by patching it > > downstream. > > Yes, we should try getting rid of it. > I suggest a proposal to deprecate it might be a good idea. > Useful resource: https://hugovk.dev/blog/2025/minus-six/
Thanks, I've drafted https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DeprecatePython-dateutil I'm not sure if that should be a self contained or system wide change... let me know if you see something to tweak in the proposal. Mattia -- _______________________________________________ python-devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
