On Monday, March 2, 2020 3:15:34 PM EST Mike Gabriel wrote: > Hi Scott, > > On Mo 02 Mär 2020 20:20:01 CET, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > Package: debian-edu-config > > Version: 2.11.14 > > Severity: important > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > The pacparser source package is unmaintained and RC buggy. As a result, > > I have asked to have it removed from Debian (Bug #952963). > > debian-edu-config depends on libpacparser1. It is the only rdepend. > > > > If libpacparser1 is not important to debian-edu, please drop the depends > > to the removal can proceed. If it is important to debian-edu, please > > take over maintenance of the package. > > > > I can provide a debdiff to drop the python2 bits from the package. I > > was preparing an NMU to do so when I realized how hopelessly out of date > > the packaging is (compat = 5). It won't be long before it either has to > > be removed anyway due to the package breaking or someone will have to > > re-invest the time in seriously modernizing it. > > > > If no one is interested (and there's no sign of it so far), I think it's > > better to just remove it. > > > > Please let me know your preference. At some point we'll probably need > > to go ahead with the rm of pacparser to keep the python2-rm process > > moving. > > > > Scott K > > We definitely need libpacparser1 (rather "pactester") in Debian Edu. > Or something similar. > > Please put your removal request on hold or drop it entirely. I am > happy to invest some time in this. > > Or do you know of an alternative way to analyze wpad files? Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. The removal is already on hold due to there being a reverse depends. I don't know about other ways to anyalze wpad files. My interest in this is strictly related to archive hygiene and moving the python2-rm process along. I'm marking the rm bug as done based on this feedback. I'll go ahead with my NMU to drop python2 support. Since debian-edu is interested in the package, I strongly recommend you consider adopting it because it's clearly unmaintained. I'll leave the bug against debian-edu open as a reminder (feel free to close it if that's not useful). Scott K
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