Subject: Re: bug#53046: [PATCH] gnu: python-args: Patch reference to basestring.

From: Tanguy LE CARROUR <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:48:49 +0100

Hi Maxime,

Quoting Maxime Devos (2022-01-09 22:34:52)
> Maxime Devos schreef op zo 09-01-2022 om 22:15 [+0100]:
> > > This fixes a build failure in the 'sanity-check' phase.
> > > +             (substitute* "args.py"
> > > +               (("basestring") "str"))
> > 
> > Does it actually fix the build failure, or is it only suppressed?
> > [...]
> 
> According to <https://github.com/kennethreitz-archive/args/pull/19>,
> the tests are excluded from the tarball.  It would be useful to
> switch to git-fetch such that tests can be run, verifying whether
> this change causes problems or not.

I'll switch to `git-fetch` and see! Maybe Python 2 tests will also pass
with the patch!?

I'll apply all your suggestions and send a v2.

Thanks again for your time and advice.

-- 
Tanguy