python 2 check & cleaning

[Lemures Lemniscati]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:33:09 +0100, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps
> the current python test packages remove the link python->python2.7
> and replace with an alternative appraouch.
> 
> Before making the switch, I would like to review the packages that could be broken, so I looked at all packages, not in "python*-*" form,
> that pull one of the "python", "python2" and "python27" using
> 
>     $ cygcheck-dep -O -S -q -n python..
> 
> as base.
> 
> There are almost 200 binary packages
> (of the almost 9000 currently present on 64 bit)
> 
> The list with source package and maintainer is here:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xaPzIZ78JzHtJXcdzB77qJoeNlvVQRJq/view?usp=sharing
> 
> Could you please check your packages if they will work with
> preferred python3.8 ?
> 
> Texlive and fontforge seem the most urgent, IMHO, for a verification.
> 

I've promoted fontforge packages from test to current, which pass ctests.

Regards,

Lem