Re: libggi removal

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 10:55:18AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 11:09:04PM +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> > I suggest we remove libggi from Wheezy. It's totally obsolete these days,
> > dead upstream and RC-buggy since 1.5 years (608981).
> > 
> > Removing it would involve the following packages:
> > 
> > GGI-related and to be removed along, no rev-deps on their own:
> > libgiigic
> > libggimisc
> > libggiwmh
> > libggigcp

Removal bugs have been filed.

> > These packages need to be fixed:
> > zhcon (test compile with ggi dropped was successful)

680238

> > vlc (already dropped support in 2.0.0-1, but apparently maintainers 
> >     forgot to remove the  build-dep)

680237

> > heroes (builds a separate binary package, which can easily be dropped)

680239

> Please go ahead, as long as you feel able to handle zhcon/vlc/heroes.

I'll NMU in a few weeks if there's no maintainer reaction until then.

Cheers.
        Moritz