Source: tk-html3 Severity: serious Version: 3.0~fossil20110109-9 X-Debbugs-CC: oleb...@debian.org
Dear Debian tk-html3/hv3 package maintainers, Today I encountered a discussion around package hv3 in Debian. With some brief investigation, I found some abnormally high popcon values [2] for hv3 and tk-html3, which is alarming since this software saw no upstream development since 2011 and definitely shall not see so many installations. My current thought is that it may have been accidentally introduced due to Provides: www-browser somewhere (e.g., with Debian XFCE installer as a default www-browser provider), but I haven't really dig into it. By all means, I believe tk-html3/hv3 shall not linger in Debian archive anymore in 2024. Especially since hv3 is a web browser, having an outdated web browser is especially problematic. Ubuntu also had the concensus [3] back in 2022. If you agree, please submit a RM bug against Debian FTP Masters to remove the source package. If you find this source package still useful, please consider dropping the hv3 binary package. At the very very least -- dropping the Provides: www-browser from hv3 could help if you don't want to remove anything at all. I don't see any reverse dependencies or reverse build-dependencies around tk-html3 (build-deps(1) seems to be reporting false positives), so the removal shall be harmless and beneficial. Please let me know if you have any comments. Thanks! Best Regards, Boyuan Yang [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1dw2yk8/hv3_web_browser/ [2] https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=tk-html3 [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tk-html3/+bug/1982578
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