Dear Maintainer,

python3-py was the birthplace of py.test which became pytest.

But nowadays python3-py is unmaintained

From a quick grep it looks like python3-py
is used by a single test.

Please consider removing it's usage.

Greetings

Alexandre



/tmp/python-cffi$ grep -r -e 'import py$' -e 'from py '
testing/udir.py:import py

Hi Alexandre (2025.11.30_12:40:16_+0000)

I'm afraid it's much deeper than that. The entire test suite is built
around the udir class from py.

It could be migrated away from it, but it's going to be a few hours
work.

cffi originated from pypy, so it shares common infrastructure. There may
not be interest in migrating away from shared code.

Stefano

Thanks for the information.
Should this bug forwarded upstream to share our concerns ?

Some severity of the bugs can be lowered if we are going
to keep python3-py for a long long time, if you wish
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1118777

Please keep the bugs against  python-multipart
and dumb-init as "Important" as these two dependencies
are 100% spurious and only making it more complicated
to untangle the dependency network.

Le dim. 30 nov. 2025 à 16:50, Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> a écrit :

Then they should be interested to keep python-py somewhat alive.

Hello,

Bug #1121670 in python-cffi reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-cffi/-/commit/ad0405296d0bd32d07f0fc14ddf14b7519867657
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drop build-dep on python3-py (Closes: #1121670)
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(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1121670

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
python-cffi, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1121670@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org> (supplier of updated python-cffi package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:07:44 +0200
Source: python-cffi
Architecture: source
Version: 2.1.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Alexandre Detiste <tchet@debian.org>
Closes: 1121670
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