Bug#1054422: RFS: pointback/0.2-5 [RC] [Team] -- restore window points when returning to buffers
Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:12:50AM -0700, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>> Package: sponsorship-requests
>> Severity: important
>> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org
>>
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pointback":
>>
>> * Package name : pointback
>> Version : 0.2-5
>> Upstream contact : Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
>> * URL : https://www.metalevel.at/pointback/
>> * License : GPL-3+
>> * Vcs : https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/pointback
>> Section : lisp
>>
>> The source builds the following binary packages:
>>
>> elpa-pointback - restore window points when returning to buffers
>>
>> To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:
>>
>> https://mentors.debian.net/package/pointback/
>>
>> Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:
>>
>> dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pointback/pointback_0.2-5.dsc
>>
>> Changes since the last upload:
>>
>> pointback (0.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
>> .
>> * Team upload.
>> .
>> [ Nicholas D Steeves ]
>> * Drop emacs24 and emacs25 from Enhances (packages do not exist in
>> bullseye).
>> .
>> [ Debian Janitor ]
>> * Bump debhelper from old 10 to 13.
>> * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
>> .
>> [ Xiyue Deng ]
>> * Add patch migrate-from-removed-assoc-el.patch to migrate from
>> obsoleted functions in assoc.el which has been removed since Emacs
>> 29.1 (Closes: #1042900).
>> * Drop Built-Using which should not be used for an "arch: all" package.
>> * Update Standards-Version to 4.6.2. No change needed.
>> * Drop emacs version in Recommends which is from oldoldstable.
>> * Add d/watch with comments of no real upstream version control.
>> * Update d/copyright year and add Upstream-Contact.
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Xiyue Deng
>
> Looks good, but one question:
> Upstream says:
>
> As of Emacs 26.1, switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point defaults to t, which solves the problem that pointback.el addresses.
>
Indeed, I've tested that this flag enables the same effect of pointback.el.
> Is this pacakge (pointback) obsolete and should it be kept in Debian?
>
Will file an RM request. Thanks for looking into this!
> (As the package is fine, I'm uploadig it, but if it is obsolete, please
> file a bug for removal.)
>
>
> Please also investiate:
> I: elpa-pointback: wrong-section-according-to-package-name lisp => editors
--
Xiyue Deng
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