Bug#894262: closed by Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> (gconf has been adopted)
> From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>
> To: 894262-done@bugs.debian.org
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> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:01:58 +0300
> Subject: gconf has been adopted
> gconf has been adopted, making it a non-issue when a reverse dependency
> depends on it.
That only fixes one of the issues I have with the package. It is
unmaintained in Debian and upstream. I would like to reopen this bug
and convert it into a removal bug now.
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
> cu
> Adrian
>
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> From: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>
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> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:38:26 -0400
> Subject: regexxer: Intent to remove package from Debian
> Source: regexxer
> Version: 0.10-3
> Severity: serious
> Tags: sid buster
>
> regexxer was orphaned 8 years ago. [1]
>
> Its last upstream release, 0.10, was in 2011.
>
> Although there has been some activity in git [2], I think we can consider this software unmaintained if it never does releases.
>
> It is blocking the eventual removal of gconf from Debian. Therefore, I intend to file a removal bug for this package soon.
>
> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/569345
> [2] https://git.gnome.org/browse/regexxer/log/
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy Bicha
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