Bug 2451364 - Changes/DeprecatePython-dateutil
Summary: Changes/DeprecatePython-dateutil
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Status: ON_QA
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Changes Tracking
Version: rawhide
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Assignee: Mattia Verga
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Reported: 2026-03-25 16:26 UTC by Allison King
Modified: 2026-03-29 13:16 UTC (History)
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Description Allison King 2026-03-25 16:26:10 UTC
This is a tracking bug for Change: Changes/DeprecatePython-dateutil
For more details, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DeprecatePython-dateutil

Python-dateutil is an extension to the standard Python datetime features, widely used by a lot of other projects. However, upstream is unmaintained and possibly with unaddressed security issues. The plan is to try to continue packaging until feasible, but mark the package as deprecated in Fedora and try to convince other dependent project to switch over from it.

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Comment 1 Dr. Tilmann Bubeck 2026-03-29 12:49:57 UTC
Why do you claim it is unmaintained? https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/commits/master/ shows, latest commit is from 2026-03-02 and documentation does not state "unmaintained" but names a maintainer.

Comment 2 Mattia Verga 2026-03-29 13:16:28 UTC
(In reply to Dr. Tilmann Bubeck from comment #1)
> Why do you claim it is unmaintained?
> https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/commits/master/ shows, latest commit is
> from 2026-03-02 and documentation does not state "unmaintained" but names a
> maintainer.

See https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/issues/1404
Also possible unaddressed vulnerability claimed at https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/issues/1450

Recent commits are just tweaking CI jobs or updating depenencies, no real development in over two years.


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