https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DeprecateNose == Summary == The {{package|python-nose}} ({{package|python3-nose}}) package will be [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/deprecating-packages/ deprecated] without replacement in [[Releases/32|Fedora 32]]. Nose is dead upstream, but far to many packages still BuildRequire it, so we cannot remove it yet. == Owner == * Name: [[User:Churchyard|Miro Hrončok]] * Email: mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx == Detailed Description == The {{package|python-nose}} package regularly requires downstream only patches to support new Python versions. Upstream is [https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/commits/master long dead] and has a notice on [https://nose.readthedocs.io/ the website] that says: > Nose has been in maintenance mode for the past several years and will likely cease without a new person/team to take over maintainership. New projects should consider using Nose2, py.test, or just plain unittest/unittest2. We'd like to drop it from Fedora, but 27 packages require it on runtime and 323 on build time (only direct (Build)Requires were counted, on 2020-01-13). Before we attempt to make the number smaller, we need to stop new packages to (Build)Require {{package|python3-nose}}, hence we want to have it [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/deprecating-packages/ deprecated]. == Benefit to Fedora == No new packages will depend on a dead test runner. Eventually, bootstrapping new Python versions in Fedora won't be blocked on another downstream only patch for nose. == Scope == * Proposal owners: Deprecate {{package|python3-nose}}. Help package maintainers convert to other test runners when asked. * Other developers: Nothing required. Optionally, drop the dependency on nose from existing packages. * Release engineering: N/A * Policies and guidelines: N/A * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) == Upgrade/compatibility impact == The package will remain available. Only new packages cannot depend on it. == How To Test == $ repoquery --repo=rawhide --provides python3-nose ... deprecated() ... == User Experience == No changes. -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Fedora Program Manager Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
