Bug#1116679: Should gfxreconstruct be removed from unstable?

[Dylan Aïssi <daissi@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 30/09/2025 07:51, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> I suggest removing gfxreconstruct from Debian for the following reasons:
>   * It accumulated one RC-bug:
>     + #1081863: gfxreconstruct: FTBFS: framework/generated/generated_vulkan_enum_to_string.cpp:3644:10: error: ‘VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_AGXV’ was not declared in this scope
>       Last modified: 1 year, 14 days
>
>   * It is not part of trixie or forky and is not a key package.
>
> This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be
> reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package.


I was about to say: let's delete it!

However I just learned that Canonical is working on packaging vulkan-sdk 
since LunarG no longer provides deb packages. So, I suggest giving them 
a little more time to revive gfxreconstruct which is part of vulkan-sdk.

Best regards,
Dylan