Re: [DH] Mass bug file for removal of deprecated features incl. compat 4
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In continuation of [1], there is the next round of deprecated debhelper
> features that I would like to remove from debhelper.
>
> * dh_desktop - 24 packages remaining
> * No compat file - 119 packages remaining
> - Due to #811059 and #805405
> * compat 4 - 402 packages remaining
>
>
> In total 489 /unique/ packages will be affected by this removal (some
> packages are affected by more than one deprecation).
>
> * Deadline for comments on this: 9th of March
> - My deadlines below assumes I will be doing the mass bug filing
> on (or shortly after) the 9th of March.
Could we raise the tag during mass bug filling to error ?
Bastien
>
> * Please see the attached "dd-list-20160224" to see if your packages
> are affected by one or more of the listed deprecations.
>
> * I have attached the templates I intend to use for the mass bug
> filing.
>
> * All data is based on lintian tags[2][3][4].
> - I used codesearch to check for usages of "DH_COMPAT=4 dh_foo",
> but I did not find any uses of that pattern.
>
>
> Deadlines
> =========
>
> I envisioned the following deadlines for these removals:
>
> * dh_desktop: 1st of April (3 weeks from the bug filing)
> * No compat file: 15th of April (5 weeks from the bug filing)
> * compat 4: 15th of June (~3 months from the bug filing)
>
> Thanks,
> ~Niels
>
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00257.html
>
> [2] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/dh_desktop-is-deprecated.html
>
> [3] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debhelper-compat-file-is-missing.html
>
> [4]
> https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version.html
>
> Note this includes packages that have not been updated and still declare
> compat 1, 2 and 3. These are already RC buggy and have been removed
> from my count above.
>
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