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Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com, Jari Aalto Cc: Doug Henderson , Adam Dinwoodie References: <20230317092935.gnhy6het67peihf5@lucy.dinwoodie.org> <7edd0383-15d6-4020-ef87-804f13a225c6@Shaw.ca> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Inglis In-Reply-To: <7edd0383-15d6-4020-ef87-804f13a225c6@Shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfD5oPMH+U/Kj5PFqqJZsQ5u4bPy4cUgwj7M8RkslbM8JFgjY7aI87m5igv3mF/ZUAp6Pnv1ZDgEL/9bcc2wu5JI7owh36aJNCsNc1xUel7DOlcBa4VYJ l9xJ6yNU/s+fUBj6cvD2wUQ3txXWpDOETClrJdT3QwgAxoF+xMCqVkAFUHcmpgmxx522tiLVj3UF3nB5Dpe+uBBm7VjDUgAIZDaWexSn7lsxrc7L+qdwCUXv OwOYU2PMDjhUJzLHjaWw1KlKfk5YOJeiFVBtqEr47XO63fJaNiJSJWYctEyT+sz/ X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,KAM_SHORT,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_PDS_OTHER_BAD_TLD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: 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 >>> 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. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry