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and subject line Re: Bug#1106499: libkaz: Should libkaz be removed from
unstable?
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regarding libkaz: Should libkaz be removed from unstable?
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Source: libkaz
Version: 1.21-2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: Balint Reczey <bal...@balintreczey.hu>, Package Salvaging Team
<team+salv...@tracker.debian.org>
Dear Balint,
I know you are typically answering fast but for documentation issues I'm
communicating via this bug report. Your package came up as some Bug of
the Day[1] candidate. So I had a look and first realised that the
latest changelog entry in Git[2] was (most probably accidentally) not
uploaded. Thus I kept on adding changes (fixed Vcs fields and watch
file). However, I started wondering whether we might need that package
at all in Debian any more. If you think it might be important for some
corner cases please feel free to say so. Regarding the open bugs its
a great target for the Bug of the Day idea and I'd volunteer to polish
the package and do some Debian-team upload.
However, I suggest removing libkaz from Debian for the following reasons:
* The library is aged and not maintained upstream any more
* There are different modern alternatives (GLib, uthash-dev and others)
* No C11 features
* There are no votes in popcon
https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=libkaz
* Leaf 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.
In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this
bug report:
Control: severity -1 normal
Control: retitle -1 RM: libkaz -- RoM; orphaned upstream, outdated
Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:libkaz
Alternatively, you may wait a month and have it reassigned.
In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug.
As said above I'd volunteer to polish the package and close the open bugs.
Control: tags -1 + wontfix
Your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which
aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through
the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating
packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to familiarize newcomers with a
consistent Git-based workflow.
Kind regards and thank you for maintaining the package before
Andreas.
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libkaz
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.27-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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Hi Bálint,
thank you for the quick response.
Am Mon, May 26, 2025 at 12:24:13AM +0200 schrieb Bálint Réczey:
> > However, I suggest removing libkaz from Debian for the following reasons:
> >
> > * The library is aged and not maintained upstream any more
>
> OTOH it still works.
>
> > * There are different modern alternatives (GLib, uthash-dev and others)
> > * No C11 features
> > * There are no votes in popcon
> > https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=libkaz
> > * Leaf package
>
> Those are true. OTOH there are copies of various files in the archive
> and it may be useful to have the originals in the archive as well:
> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=Kylheku&literal=1&perpkg=1
Ahhh, that's a good argument.
> > In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug.
> > As said above I'd volunteer to polish the package and close the open bugs.
> >
> > Control: tags -1 + wontfix
>
> I'm not sure either if keeping the package in the archive is worth it.
> I've uploaded -3 to leave it in a good shape in case someone would
> like to resume working on the package.
> Feel free to proceed with the removal. I planned to orphan the
> package, but I wanted the clean it up first.
Since the package is in good shape now I think it might survive the next
couple of releases and will close the bug.
> Thank you for the initiative.
Thanks to you for your update of the package and hopefully see you in Brest
Andreas.
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