Bug 32967

Created attachment 14456 [details]
Proposal spec file

CC: (none) => lovaren

Please give a project URL, and say a bit more about this.

Summary: {PACKAGE REQUEST} python3-asn1 is a simple ASN.1 encoder and decoder for Python => python3-asn1 :s a simple ASN.1 encoder and decoder for Python {PACKAGE REQUEST}
CC: (none) => lewyssmith

This package should not be mistaken for python-pyasn1 even though the usage is about the same subject.

python3-asn1 Is an unmaintained fork from the also unmaintained python-asn1

(In reply to sturmvogel from comment #4)
> python3-asn1 Is an unmaintained fork from the also unmaintained python-asn1

And Fedora still uses it nevertheless.

Just saying.

Introducing a dead package into Mageia because Fedora uses it as the last rpm based distribution. That isn‘t a valid argument.

The URL is for Python-ASN1; I found nothing for 'python3-asn1'. My search for 'python3-asn1' came back 'Did you mean: python-asn1'!

OTOH
 https://github.com/andrivet/python-asn1
implies that the same package covers Python 3:
"100% python, compatible with version 2.7, 3.5 and higher"
and a couple of references "Add Python 3.11 tests - last year".
So it looks current; but puts into question comment 3 "This package should not be mistaken for python-pyasn1".

So please clarify this.

"Dependencies
Python-ASN1 relies on Python-Future for Python 2 and 3 compatibility"
Do we have that?

(In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #7)
> The URL is for Python-ASN1; I found nothing for 'python3-asn1'. My search
> for 'python3-asn1' came back 'Did you mean: python-asn1'!

Python packages typically use python3 or python2 for the rpm name but use
just python for the srpm name.

For example 
$ rpm -q  -i python3-pillow|grep ^Source
Source RPM  : python-pillow-9.2.0-3.1.mga9.src.rpm

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

(In reply to Dave Hodgins from comment #8)
> (In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #7)
> > The URL is for Python-ASN1; I found nothing for 'python3-asn1'. My search
> > for 'python3-asn1' came back 'Did you mean: python-asn1'!
By 'search', I meant an Internet search!
This still leaves us in the dark about exactly what package Kristoffer is proposing.

(In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #9)
> (In reply to Dave Hodgins from comment #8)
> > (In reply to Lewis Smith from comment #7)
> > > The URL is for Python-ASN1; I found nothing for 'python3-asn1'. My search
> > > for 'python3-asn1' came back 'Did you mean: python-asn1'!
> By 'search', I meant an Internet search!
> This still leaves us in the dark about exactly what package Kristoffer is
> proposing.

In his spec file, he linked to https://github.com/andrivet/python-asn1
and in the URL: field he linked to https://pypi.org/project/asn1/

Both say 2.7.0 is the last version (from Jan 17, 2023), while Kristoffer wrote version 2.6.0, both in his suggested spec file and in comment 0

The only weird thing is, that https://github.com/andrivet/python-asn1/activity is entirely empty.

Anyway, assigning this package request to the Python maintainers, for them to decide what to do with it and with the claim in comment 3:

> This package should not be mistaken for python-pyasn1 even though the usage
> is about the same subject.

Severity: normal => enhancement
CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => python

[dave@x3 ~]$ urpmq -i python3-pyasn1-modules|grep ^Source|sort -u
Source RPM  : python-pyasn1-modules-0.2.8-3.mga9.src.rpm
[dave@x3 ~]$ urpmq -i python3-pyasn1|grep ^Source|sort -u
Source RPM  : python-pyasn1-0.4.8-6.mga9.src.rpm