Hi Scott, On Mo 02 Mär 2020 21:53:35 CET, Scott Kitterman wrote:
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 was preparing an NMU to do so when I realized how hopelessly out of date 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 myNMU 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
Thanks for doing the NMU for now. I will add this thing to my list, but will not get to it before the next month or so.
Currently, it seems that pacparser has not been orphaned, yet. There was this salvage procedure discussed earlier. I'll check if that is common practice these days and start the process of friendly take over.
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