Hi, The only reverse (build-)dependency in the archive is that Log::Dispatch::Perl is used by RT (src:request-tracker4)'s test suite. The use case looks entirely legitimate to me and I could not easily find a suitable replacement.
This module was removed from CPAN but it can be found on BackPAN: https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/E/EL/ELIZABETH/ https://metacpan.org/release/ELIZABETH/Log-Dispatch-Perl-0.04 This module has a total of 111 SLOC, which appear to have worked just fine since the last upstream release (2012). The RT queue currently has 1 feature request https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Name=Log-Dispatch-Perl The maintenance cost on our side seems limited to keeping the packaging up-to-date with current Debian best practices. My current thinking is that it's OK to keep this package in the archive, at least until it breaks with a new perl or Log-Dispatch release (which seems unlikely to me). What do others think? If we agree to keep it: - I would drop the rm-candidate usertag. - I'm not sure what to do about the Homepage control field and debian/watch: shall we remove debian/watch and point the Homepage to BackPAN? Finally, I've poked Karen Etheridge, who offered to take over the module upstream in 2013 (!), on https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=77369 Cheers!
