python3Packages.heif-image-plugin: drop

doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md

@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
   NEWS can be viewed from Emacs by typing `C-h n`, or by clicking `Help->Emacs News` from the menu bar.
   It can also be browsed [online](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30).
 
+- `python3Packages.heif-image-plugin` has been dropped due to lack of upstream maintenance and breakage. Use `python3Packages.pillow-heif` instead.
+
 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.11-notable-changes}
 
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pkgs/development/python-modules/heif-image-plugin/default.nix

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cffi,
-  piexif,
-  pillow,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "heif-image-plugin";
-  version = "0.6.2";
-  format = "setuptools";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "uploadcare";
-    repo = "heif-image-plugin";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-SlnnlBscNelNH0XkOenq3nolyqzRMK10SzVii61Moi4=";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    cffi
-    piexif
-    pillow
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Simple HEIF/HEIC images plugin for Pillow base on pyhief library";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/uploadcare/heif-image-plugin";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ratcornu ];
-  };
-}

pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix

@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   hbmqtt = throw "hbmqtt was removed because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2021-11-07
   hcs_utils = hcs-utils; # added 2024-01-06
   hdlparse = throw "hdlparse has been removed, it was using setuptools 2to3 translation feature, which has been removed in setuptools 58"; # added 2022-01-18
+  heif-image-plugin = throw "heif-image-plugin has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance and breakage. Use `pillow-heif` instead."; # added 2025-09-17
   hglib = python-hglib; # added 2023-10-13
   hijri-converter = hijridate; # added 2025-08-07
   hkdf = throw "hkdf has been removed, as it is no longer maintained upstream."; # added 2024-10-04

pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix

@@ -6566,8 +6566,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   hebg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hebg { };
 
-  heif-image-plugin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/heif-image-plugin { };
-
   help2man = callPackage ../development/python-modules/help2man { };
 
   helpdev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/helpdev { };