python3Packages; drop various unmaintained, broken leaf packages (#459750)

pkgs/development/python-modules/mesonpep517/default.nix

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  setuptools,
-  toml,
-  wheel,
-}:
-
-# TODO: offer meson as a Python package so we have dist-info folder.
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "mesonpep517";
-  version = "0.2";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-Fyo7JfLqHJqbahEjVDt/0xJxOfVLqLn3xNJ4lSB7KIw=";
-  };
-
-  # Applies the following merge request, which doesn't apply cleanly:
-  # https://gitlab.com/thiblahute/mesonpep517/-/merge_requests/25
-  #
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail 'backend-path = "."' 'backend-path = ["."]'
-  '';
-
-  build-system = [
-    setuptools
-    wheel
-  ];
-
-  dependencies = [ toml ];
-
-  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Create pep517 compliant packages from the meson build system";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/thiblahute/mesonpep517";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-  };
-}

pkgs/development/python-modules/pycategories/default.nix

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  callPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonOlder,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pycategories";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-vXDstelOdlnlZOoVPwx2cykdw3xSbCRoAPwI1sU3gJk=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "'pytest-runner'," ""
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
-      --replace "--cov-report term --cov=categories" ""
-  '';
-
-  # Is private because the author states it's unmaintained
-  # and shouldn't be used in production code
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ (callPackage ./infix.nix { }) ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Implementation of some concepts from category theory";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/danielhones/pycategories";
-    changelog = "https://gitlab.com/danielhones/pycategories/-/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dmvianna ];
-  };
-}

pkgs/development/python-modules/pycategories/infix.nix

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  lib,
-  fetchPypi,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "infix";
-  version = "1.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a1bfdcf875bc072f41e426d0673f2e3017750743bb90cc725fffb292eb09648c";
-  };
-
-  # No tests
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/borntyping/python-infix";
-    description = "Decorator that allows functions to be used as infix functions";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-  };
-}

pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ mapAliases {
   memcached = throw "'memcached' has been renamed to/replaced by 'python-memcached'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   memory_profiler = throw "'memory_profiler' has been renamed to/replaced by 'memory-profiler'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   mesa = throw "python3Packages.mesa has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-10-03
+  mesonpep517 = throw "'mesonpep517' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained."; # added 2025-11-08
   minikerberos-bad = throw "'minikerberos-bad' has been renamed to/replaced by 'kerbad'"; # added 2025-11-06
   mir_eval = throw "'mir_eval' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mir-eval'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   mistune_2_0 = throw "'mistune_2_0' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mistune'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ mapAliases {
   py-eth-sig-utils = throw "py-eth-sig-utils has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-10-04
   py-scrypt = scrypt; # added 2025-08-07
   py_stringmatching = throw "'py_stringmatching' has been renamed to/replaced by 'py-stringmatching'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
+  pycategories = throw "'pycategories' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2025-11-08
   PyChromecast = throw "'PyChromecast' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pychromecast'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pydns = throw "'pydns' has been renamed to/replaced by 'py3dns'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   pyechonest = throw "pyechonest was removed because it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2025-08-26

pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix

@@ -9341,8 +9341,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   meson-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/meson-python { inherit (pkgs) ninja; };
 
-  mesonpep517 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mesonpep517 { };
-
   messagebird = callPackage ../development/python-modules/messagebird { };
 
   metaflow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/metaflow { };
@@ -12818,8 +12816,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pycatch22 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycatch22 { };
 
-  pycategories = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycategories { };
-
   pycayennelpp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycayennelpp { };
 
   pycddl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycddl { };