[Python-modules-team] Bug#815638: Mark python-pyfits and python3-pyfits as deprecated

[Aurelien Jarno]

On 2016-02-23 09:24, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Package: pyfits
> Version: 3.4-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi Aurelien,

Hi Ole,

> since the development of pyfits is stopped (see homepage), it may be useful
> to mention this in the package description so that new users are directed to
> astropy instead of installing pyfits. It may be useful to provide pyfits (as
> well as pywcs) in Debian for quite a while for compatibility reasons;
> however there is no reason for a new user to install it.

That's indeed a good idea. My plan was to keep pyfits up to the stretch
release and remove it afterwards. That said I am not sure I'll be able
to maintain it up to then, as newer version of numpy keeps breaking
things.

Aurelien

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