Re: devel/py-urwid and devel/py-setuptools_scm (PR# 274411)

hi all,

i previously wrote:
> i've just tried to install net-im/toot, and was stymied by PR#274411[0]
> ("devel/py-urwid Update to 2.2.x breaks several python packages") which
> has caused devel/py-urwid to be broken.
> 
> the proper fix for this seems to be D39288[1] ("devel/py-setuptools_scm:
> update to 8.0.4"), but that's a huge update and has been in review since
> March.
> 
> in the mean time, anything that depends on devel/py-urwid is apparently
> broken.  there's a patch on #274411 that claims to fix this which is
> currently in maintainer-approval?(python@) - is there any chance this
> patch could be landed to fix the urwid situation in the short term?
> 
> [0] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274411
> [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39288

as the (new) maintainer of net-im/toot, which has been broken for
several months due to a dependency on devel/py-urwid, is there any
chance something could be done about this?