Re: xlsx2csv package may not be required.

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>]

On 2023-03-22 13:13, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 2023-03-22 01:14, Jari Aalto via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 2023-03-18 17:56, marco atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 10:29 AM Adam Dinwoodie via Cygwin-apps
>>> <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 07:58:48PM -0600, Doug Henderson via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>>>> There is a current pure python version of xlsx2csv which runs for many
>>>>> versions of Python 2 and Python 3.
>>>>>
>>>>> It may not be necessary to provide a package for it in cygwin.
>>>>> Instead, users may install the pure python package from PYPI
>>>>> https://pypi.org/ using pip or another python package manager.
>>>>
>>>> Installing using pip or similar is an option for the vast majority of
>>>> packages that are available through the Cygwin installer; by that logic
>>>> it wouldn't make sense to provide most of the Python packages we
>>>> provide.  Which wouldn't be an invalid strategy, but it would be a very
>>>> big change in how we handle things!
>>>>
>>>> I think the advantage of using the Cygwin packages is a better
>>>> likelihood of packages actually being compatible with Cygwin, rather
>>>> than having some weird and unpredictable package dependency issue.  A
>>>> pure Python xlsx2csv is very unlikely to be affected by that sort of
>>>> issue, but providing it as a Cygwin package means users shouldn't need
>>>> to even think about whether the package is a pure Python package or not.
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree with Adam.
>>> I would have no problem to release the python package no if not for
>>> the problem to the laptop
>>>
>>> I guess one month from now I will be able to be operative again
>>> (assuming the target supplier of the laptop https://frame.work/ will
>>> not have delivery problem)
>>
>> I agree, it's better to have native Python package which is more
>> likely to be kept up to date by the upstream.
>>
>> So, anyopne packaging the Python PIP version, please go ahead and
>> remove the current package.
> 
> Hi Jari,
> 
> So no issue if I adopt and package with cygport?
> It's a utility I use around tax time and sometimes elsewhen.

Or not - I see you said you updated it under the python2 removal ITA subthread.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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