Bug#894655: gnubiff: Build-Depends on gconf
Source: gnubiff
Version: 2.2.17-1
Severity: serious
User: pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: oldlibs gconf
Tags: sid buster
Your package build-depends on gconf, but gconf will be removed from Debian soon.
gconf's last release was about 5 years ago. It has been replaced by
gsettings (provided in Debian by source glib2.0 )
Please try to port your package away from gconf. Otherwise, be aware that this package is at high risk of being removed from Debian to help us complete this goal (because gnubiff is orphaned).
gnubiff's build system is odd. It requires gconf to be installed for the build but doesn't actually install the gconf schemas!
References
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https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/ch34.html
https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GSettings.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/02/msg00169.html
On behalf of the Debian GNOME team,
Jeremy Bicha
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