On 26.8.2017 20:16, Luigi Baldoni wrote:
Factory still contains python-argparse, which has not been necessary since openSUSE 12.1 (because it's in stdlib of all shipped pythons). Worse, packages still list is as a requirement. This needs to go.
I think I had stumbled upon that a while ago, but thing is the packages themselves often rely on the separate argparse module and therefore require patching.
I don't think so. python-argparse installs %{sitelib}/argparse.py, so "import argparse" is the same for the bundled version as for the separate version. (let me know if you come across a package where argparse must be patched) What you say is true for (some) backports modules though. The stand-alone ones are imported under different names. regards m.