Apparent bug in either (1) Cygwin default Package-list or (2) Package "bzr" dependency-list

[Allen Hewes]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of My Name via
> Cygwin
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2020 2:04 PM
> To: Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca
> Cc: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Subject: Re: Apparent bug in either (1) Cygwin default Package-list or (2)
> Package "bzr" dependency-list
>
> This is mostly over my head, so I'm sorry if my comment here is irrelevant,
> but I'll point out in case anyone here doesn't know, Python 3 doesn't make
> Python 2 obsolete. They are somewhat incompatible. Python 2 source
> doesn't always run in Python 3 without extensive modification. If there's any
> message you all would like me to deliver to the Bazaar (bzr) forum, I will; but
> I'm not a Bazaar developer either, just a user.
>

Yep, I am in agreement here. I don't understand why Python 2 gets attention from Cygwin maintainers. I have a found a few packages that are "linked" (e.g. they have dependencies on either the Python27 or Python2/Python meta-package), which would explain this to some degree. Usually, it's just a rebuild (e.g. a re-configure) of the depending-ee...

I can't get rid of three Python 2.7 packages: python27, python27-pip, python27-setuptools. I switched over to using alternatives (sometime ago) so that I can "stop" the craziness of the meta-package "python". I don't want Python 2 as my 'python'.

The need to have two Pythons installed at the same time seems to be over. Shouldn't this remove the need to have meta-packages?

Cygiwn isn't alone is keeping Python 2 alive.

/allen

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