Bug#844508: RM: akonadi-googledata -- ROM; Upstream dead, not usable and newer alternative is available
Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Hey,
I request to delete akonadi-googledata for stretch, because:
* upstream is dead for around four year
* not needed anymore, because libkgapi
* an akonadi-resource for google data is created directly in
kdepim-runtime package depending on libkgapi
* is used by kdepim based on KDE 4 on unstable we have kdepim depended
on KF 5
* akonadi4 do not ship anymore a akonadi binary, so there is nothing
that could consume that akonadi resource (akonadi resources build
against Qt4/KDE4 are not compatible with Qt5/KF5)
* it is a leaf package - no reverse dependencies.
For users, using kdepim they need kdepim-runtime to be installed to have the new
google resources available, but kdepim-runtime is already a hard
dependency for kdepim (kontact, kmail, korganizer) packages, so we do not need
to provide a special upgrade path.
The only problem that can occur for users, is that the new akonadi don't
do a default upgrade to the new resource. But the upgrade process from
akonadi4 -> akonadi5 must be done anyways and this old package isn't
helping in this upgrade process.
Me is part of the Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers Team, that is the maintainer
of the package. I actually filed a Bug against akonadi-googledata
[#844247], to make sure that the whole team is informed about the
planned removal. I talked with others at IRC #debian-kde-qtand they also
think, that requesting the removal is the right thing to do.
Best Regards,
Sandro Knauß
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