[14:57] <OvenWerks> Eickmeyer: I don't know if you watch the mailing lists or not, but it may be a good deal to switch the upstream for a2jmidid to https://github.com/linuxaudio/a2jmidid
[15:00] <OvenWerks> There has been a new release there. In particular it has been ported to python3
[17:12] <Eickmeyer> OvenWerks: Ok, well, we can do that for 20.04. I can get on packaging that.
[17:12] <Eickmeyer> Probably not today, but I can do that relatively soon.
[17:42] <studiobot> <teward001> yeah at this point you're too late in the cycle to switch ;)
[17:42] <studiobot> <teward001> so you have to wait for 20.04
[17:46] <Eickmeyer> @teward001 Obviously.
[17:46] <Eickmeyer> But, yeah. Could even bug Ross to get it in Debian and then sync.
[17:55] <Eickmeyer> I'll be out for a few hours.
[22:03] <OvenWerks> Eickmeyer, teward: changing a2jmidid is not urgent, merely so as to be done before python2 goes away. The original upstream it seems has gone away and the new one has taken over/forked it so as to keep it from dying.
[22:04] <Eickmeyer> OvenWerks: Then it needs to happen during the next cycle. Python2 is going away prior to 20.04's release.
[22:04] <Eickmeyer> It's already being actively removed from Debian.
[22:04] <OvenWerks> so if we want to keep it (until the same code finally gets wrapped into jackd2) we need to use the new upstream
[22:04] <Eickmeyer> Agreed.
[22:11] <teward> Heres a question...
[22:12] <teward> Its a fork but does it officially replace it?  If jot then perhaps it should be considered the ‘next gen’ version with a separate package name.