Hi, On Wed, 17 Feb 2021, Brian May wrote: > I believe there are a number of Python packages in Debian unstable that > are out of date in respect to latest upstream. > > e.g. > https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bam%40debian.org&comaint=yes > > Somebody needs to do the work to update them. But maybe the fact that > nobody is doing so, might mean that nobody is using them?
Quite often, we introduce Python packages for the need of a specific application and then we don't really see a benefit to upgrade the package unless the application also needs a newer version of the module. That likely explains partly why so many modules are lagging behind. > I personally found a while back that keeping these packages up-to-date > was draining far too much of my time. Time I don't actually have. So I > now use Docker+pip for my applications. On the Kali side, I'm trying to work with Jelmer and his janitor bot to try to automate as much as possible the work of preparing new upstream releases. We're getting close to having something useful where the bot does at least the upstream tarball import and a test rebuild and so on. Cheers, -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ The Debian Handbook: https://debian-handbook.info/get/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Debian Long Term Support: https://deb.li/LTS
