FS#73424 - python-watchdog package wrong upstream release version tracking

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Luka Žaja (Venom) - Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 21:19 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 28 December 2022, 03:55 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Felix Yan (felixonmars)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
This task has nothing to do with the package being outdated because it technically isn't. The problem is that python-watchdog is using the 0.10.x upstream's releases instead of the 2.x releases which are meant for newer Python versions (> 3.5). I've flagged the package as outdated a few months ago despite it being updated to the latest (at the time of writing this) 0.10.x release.
I believe that it'd be in Arch's "spirit", so to speak, to use the 2.x releases instead - that is, the latest available version: https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/releases/tag/v2.1.6

Perhaps a quote from the readme file will explain this issue better:
"Works on 3.6+. If you want to use Python 2.6, you should stick with watchdog < 0.10.0. If you want to use Python 2.7, 3.4 or 3.5, you should stick with watchdog < 1.0.0."

It could be (I don't know, honestly) that the 2.x version somehow breaks one or more dependencies of this package in which case those ought to be fixed, somehow, beforehand.

Package link - https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/python-watchdog/

Additional info:
* package version(s) - 0.10.7-3
* config and/or log files etc. - as packaged
* link to upstream bug report, if any - nothing pertinent to this task

Steps to reproduce:
- none, visit the linked package's page
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Wednesday, 28 December 2022, 03:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  See comments
Comment by Luka Žaja (Venom) - Tuesday, 27 December 2022, 22:56 GMT
This bug was, in the meantime, resolved and as such can be safely closed. Thank you, felixonmars!

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