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Re: Bug#1118036: auto-install-el: Do we need auto-install-el in Debian



Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> writes:

> Source: auto-install-el
> Version: 1.58-1.1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: Takaya Yamashita <takaya@debian.or.jp>, 974720@bugs.debian.org, Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com>, Debian Emacsen team <debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage@tracker.debian.org>
>
> Hi,
>
> today the package auto-install-el was a candidate for the bug of the day[1].
>
> I noticed that bug #974720 looks easy to fix, but I'm wondering whether
> this package is still needed in Debian today.  This is an honest
> question - if the answer is yes, I'd be happy to help fix the bug and
> possibly migrate the package to Salsa for easier maintenance.  I just
> want to make sure my time is well spent, so I'd like to hear others'
> opinions first.
>
> Kind regards
>     Andreas.
>
> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks#bug-of-the-day
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: forky/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 6.16.9+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>

FYI this package is from a recipe from EmacsWiki, and I believe it was
created before the current Emacsen team guideline starting discouraging
EmacsWiki packages (see the "Addons packaging policy" section in team
wiki[1]).

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianEmacsenTeam

-- 
Regards,
Xiyue Deng

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