Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Control: affects -1 streamtuner2
streamtuner2 is a program that provides the ability to access Internet
Radio Stations.
According to the Package page:
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streamtuner2 is a browser for radio station directories. It can fetch
lists from SHOUTcast, Xiph.org, Live365, Jamendo, DMOZ, basic.ch,
Punkcast. And it lists stream entries by category or genre. It reuses
existing audio players, and recording is delegated to streamripper.
It mimics the original streamtuner 0.99.99, but is easier to extend
because it's written entirely in Python. It's already in a stable and
useable form.
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However, there are several reasons to consider removal:
- There are bugs inherent to the software related to multiple radio
station lists that it tries to use being dead for a very long time (as
seen in [1]). (Note that this references Ask Ubuntu questions for issues
downstream in Ubuntu, but there is no difference in the version of the
package in Ubuntu vs. Unstable).
- It has a very low number of installations according to popcon [2]
- The project has been dead upstream since 2022 and is no longer
updated or maintained there.
- It has potential bugs which prevent it from being safely used in
newer releases [3]
- The package is affected by pygtkcompat being removed from pygobject
and has been listed in the BTS as having this issue since February 1st,
2025, over a year ago. This is not a critical release issue for Trixie
but is an RC bug. [4] (#1094922)
- There has not been an upload from the maintainer according to the
package tracker since 2022 (last upstream release).
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Given that the package has no upstream support and is dead, there is no
maintainer uploads since 2022, it has usability bugs not reported in
BTS, and has some RC-critical and blocking bugs that block it from
Testing completely, and other issues identified above, I suggest that
streamtuner2 be removed from Debian.
Thomas Ward
[1]:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1564504/alternative-or-fix-for-streamtuner2
[2]: https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=streamtuner2
[3]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120496
[4]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1094922
