Normally, package deprecation (not necessarily retirement) is a self-contained change because there is no immediate impact on dependent packages.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2026, at 8:01 AM, Mattia Verga via python-devel wrote: > 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 -- _______________________________________________ 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
