Bug#878626: ssh-krb5: Remove obsolete transitional package; replace with debconf prompt?

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 08:41:55PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> My concern at the time ssh-krb5 was made a transitional package was that,
> if you just installed ssh-krb5, you got an ssh server that did not have
> GSS-API enabled.  That seemed likely to break things.
> 
> Removing the transitional package *entirely* doesn't have the same
> problem.  People will notice it's an obsolete package, people installing
> new systems will discover it doesn't exist, and they'll then have to
> install openssh-server, and in that case it makes logical sense that
> they'll need to explicitly enable GSS-API.
> 
> I think it's fine to just remove the package.  It long ago served its
> purpose, and the few remaining people who may be using it as a shortcut
> will hopefully be able to figure out the right thing to do.

Thanks for the confirmation.  I've removed this in git now for the next
upload.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]