Bug#861900: unblock: python-sardana/2.2.2-2

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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Carlos Pascual:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We would like to ask if we could get a pre-approval for unfreezing 
> python-sardana.
> 

Hi,

We cannot approve this request without a debdiff.

> The pyhon-sardana package depends on python-nxs, which is affected by bug 
> 861736 [1] and thus may drop from stretch.
> 
> python-sardana is the only rdepends of python-nxs, so we would like to 
> provide a patch for it allowing to substitute the dependency on python-nxs 
> by a dependency on python-h5py [2]
> 
> Would the unblock be possible?

As mentioned above; without a debdiff I cannot give a definite response.
 That said, given that the alternative is a removal, I would recommend
you to attempt the change.

> And if so, how much time would we have to provide the new python-sardana 
> patched package?
> 
> [...]

Until python-sardana is removed from testing.  For auto-removal, you can
extend the timer by sending feedback/updates to the RC bug causing the
auto-removal periodically.

Furthermore, we will eventually announce a release date and that will
set a definite deadline on this.  I don't have a concrete date yet, so I
cannot yet say when this deadline is.

Thanks,
~Niels