Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Hey,
I request to delete akonadi-googledata for stretch, because: * upstream is dead for around four year * not needed anymore, because libkgapi * an akonadi-resource for google data is created directly in kdepim-runtime package depending on libkgapi * is used by kdepim based on KDE 4 on unstable we have kdepim depended on KF 5 * akonadi4 do not ship anymore a akonadi binary, so there is nothing that could consume that akonadi resource (akonadi resources build against Qt4/KDE4 are not compatible with Qt5/KF5) * it is a leaf package - no reverse dependencies. For users, using kdepim they need kdepim-runtime to be installed to have the new google resources available, but kdepim-runtime is already a hard dependency for kdepim (kontact, kmail, korganizer) packages, so we do not need to provide a special upgrade path. The only problem that can occur for users, is that the new akonadi don't do a default upgrade to the new resource. But the upgrade process from akonadi4 -> akonadi5 must be done anyways and this old package isn't helping in this upgrade process. Me is part of the Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers Team, that is the maintainer of the package. I actually filed a Bug against akonadi-googledata [#844247], to make sure that the whole team is informed about the planned removal. I talked with others at IRC #debian-kde-qtand they also think, that requesting the removal is the right thing to do. Best Regards, Sandro Knauß
