Bug#1117525: cl-regex: Is it time to remove cl-regex from Debian?
Source: cl-regex
Version: 1-4.2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: Matthew Danish <mrd@debian.org>, 254017@bugs.debian.org, 522325@bugs.debian.org, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage@tracker.debian.org>, Debian Common Lisp Team <debian-common-lisp@lists.debian.org>
Dear Matthew,
I wonder whether it is time to remove cl-regex from Debian for the
following reasons:
* It accumulated two long standing bugs (in CC) which somehow
signal that the package is not maintained upstream any more.
* I was not able to find and upstream site for this code any more
that could be specified as Homepage
* It seems the functionality of his package is provided by the
package cl-ppcre which is actively maintained by the
Debian Common Lisp Team
This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be
reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package.
In case the package should be kept in unstable, please evaluate each of the
bugs in CC.
In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this
bug report:
Control: severity -1 normal
Control: retitle -1 RM: cl-regex -- RoM; rc-buggy
Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:cl-regex
Alternatively, you may wait a month and have it reassigned.
In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug.
Control: tags -1 + wontfix
This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[3] initiative, which
aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through
the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating
packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar
with a consistent Git-based workflow. So in case you disagree with the
removal we will help you to create a Git repository in the Debian/ team
space if you agree with the maintenance on Salsa.
Kind regards
Andreas.
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE:de
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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