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bug#48213: offlineimap build fails
From: |
zimoun |
Subject: |
bug#48213: offlineimap build fails |
Date: |
Thu, 27 May 2021 22:55:10 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
On Tue, 04 May 2021 at 16:39, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:
>From the command line, you can simply do this:
>
> guix build offlineimap --without-tests=python2-rfc6555
>
> Within an OS configuration, or within a profile "manifest" file (if you
> use "guix package --manifest", which is highly recommended), you can use
> the following Scheme expression in place of 'offlineimap':
>
> (let ((transform (options->transformation
> '((without-tests . "python2-rfc6555")))))
> (transform offlineimap))
The package offlineimap will go sooner or later since Python 2 is EOL.
The migration from Py2 to Py3 is not clear [1] and the README [2] says:
> As one of the maintainer of OfflineIMAP, I'd like to put my efforts into
> [imapfw](http://github.com/OfflineIMAP/imapfw). **imapfw** is software in
> development that I intend to replace OfflineIMAP with in the long term.
>
> That's why I'm not going to continue OfflineIMAP development. I'll continue
> to maintain OfflineIMAP (fixing small bugs, reviewing patches and merging,
> and rolling out new releases), but that's all.
>
> While I keep tracking issues for OfflineIMAP, you should not expect future
support.
>
> You won't be left at the side. OfflineIMAP's community is large enough so
that
> you'll find people for most of your issues.
>
> Get news from the [blog][blog].
>
> Nicolas Sebrecht. ,-)
IMHO, the transformation is the easiest to still have the package and
let the time to switch (to Offlinemap or something else). For instance,
<https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3>
Note the package should always be available via inferiors.
All the best,
simon
1: <https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/670>
2: <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/master/README.md>