[Slackbuilds-users] Drop the maintenance of python3-xdg

[Jay Lanagan]

Hey all,

I did some tests locally on using python3-xdg or using the 
renamed/updated project python3-xdg-base-dirs slackbuild instead with 
the gammastep slackbuild. The results were that it can happily use the 
newer renamed release.

Since I elected to take the python3-xdg slackbuild, can I request it's 
removal? I plan to push a PR for gammastep to remove the dep on 
python3-xdg and replace it with python3-xdg-base-dirs instead. So once 
that move is completed, there will be no reason for this older version 
to exist.

-Jay

On 2025-07-29 17:17, Tonus wrote:
> Hi all,
> Hi Jay,
> 
> I updated i3expo-ng and patched the derecated dependency of python3-xdg
> to switch to python3-xdg-base-dirs according to
> https://pypi.org/project/xdg-base-dirs/ :
> "xdg-base-dirs was previously named xdg, and was renamed due to an
> import collision with PyXDG. If you used xdg prior to the rename, 
> update
> by changing the dependency name from xdg to xdg-base-dirs and the 
> import
> from xdg to xdg_base_dirs."
> 
> I will drop the maintenace of python3-xdg (that will not evolve 
> anyway).
> Since the only package that depends on it is gammastep, would you, Jay
> take it ?

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Jay Lanagan