Hi, is this something new? I don't remember such situation for previous years/releases.
If it's working this way, we will not have tasksel/blendsel in testing most of the time, and being unable to do anything against that, if foreign package maintainers do not fix their packages ... Holger Debian testing autoremoval watch <[email protected]> wrote (Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:50:06 +0000): > tasksel 3.83 is marked for autoremoval from testing on 2025-12-02 > > It is affected by these RC bugs: > 1115748: task-greek-desktop: recommends myspell-el-gr which is not in unstable > https://bugs.debian.org/1115748 > > It (build-)depends on packages with these RC bugs: > 1018109: clutter-1.0: unmaintained upstream, should eventually be removed > https://bugs.debian.org/1018109 > 1032240: akonadi-backend-mysql: akonadi server not robust against mysql > upgrades > https://bugs.debian.org/1032240 > 1039396: timidity: ships sysv-init script without systemd unit > https://bugs.debian.org/1039396 > 1041641: caribou: no longer maintained upstream > https://bugs.debian.org/1041641 > 1041646: cinnamon: depends on typelib from unmaintained caribou > https://bugs.debian.org/1041646 > 1062397: editorconfig-core: flaky autopkgtest: dh_auto_build fails > https://bugs.debian.org/1062397 > 1089197: dh-r: Recommends/Suggests missing from rebuilt R packages > https://bugs.debian.org/1089197 > 1093210: cinnamon-screensaver: osk.py depends on typelib from unmaintained > caribou > https://bugs.debian.org/1093210 > 1096448: cogl: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1096448 > 1096669: galculator: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1096669 > 1097202: libiodbc2: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1097202 > 1097271: libsmi: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1097271 > 1097323: lv: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1097323 > 1097481: nss-pam-ldapd: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1097481 > 1097848: scalapack: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1097848 > 1097860: scotch: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1097860 > 1098000: timidity: ftbfs with GCC-15 > https://bugs.debian.org/1098000 > 1101956: snapd: core18-based snap apps don't work with fonts-cantarell > containing variable font > https://bugs.debian.org/1101956 > 1106083: scilab: FTBFS: autobuilder hangs when using the kernel of trixie > https://bugs.debian.org/1106083 > 1111360: baobab: Right click menu operations could be applied to the wrong > file/folder. > https://bugs.debian.org/1111360 > 1112863: ebook-tools: FTBFS with CMake 4 > https://bugs.debian.org/1112863 > 1113136: libdecaf: FTBFS with CMake 4 > https://bugs.debian.org/1113136 > 1113167: libkolabxml: FTBFS with CMake 4 > https://bugs.debian.org/1113167 > 1113484: scalapack: FTBFS with CMake 4 > https://bugs.debian.org/1113484 > 1115420: junior-desktop: recommends gnome-dictionary, lbreakout2 and > pavumeter which are not in unstable > https://bugs.debian.org/1115420 > 1115421: junior-games-arcade: recommends heroes-sdl, lbreakout2 and gtans > which are not in unstable > https://bugs.debian.org/1115421 > 1115429: junior-games-puzzle: recommends gtans which is not in unstable > https://bugs.debian.org/1115429 > 1115542: debian-junior: Recommends: cheese which is no longer in Debian > Testing > https://bugs.debian.org/1115542 > 1115612: libmateweather1t64: Mate Weather App Errors trying to access (UK) > Met Office > https://bugs.debian.org/1115612 > 1116039: t1-oldslavic: Missing source for GPL font > https://bugs.debian.org/1116039 > 1117431: scalable-cyrfonts: FTBFS: ==> Fatal error occurred, bad output DVI > file produced! > https://bugs.debian.org/1117431 > 1117973: gnome-software: removes packages during upgrades > https://bugs.debian.org/1117973 > 1118322: octave: FTBFS: ./octave.aux:8171: Undefined control sequence. > https://bugs.debian.org/1118322 > 1118794: caribou: depends on non-multiarch-friendly libgirepository1.0-dev > https://bugs.debian.org/1118794 > 1118803: clutter-1.0: depends on non-multiarch-friendly libgirepository1.0-dev > https://bugs.debian.org/1118803 > 1118805: cogl: depends on non-multiarch-friendly libgirepository1.0-dev > https://bugs.debian.org/1118805 > 413954: graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat: graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat > is not fully compatible to imagemagick > https://bugs.debian.org/413954 > 902769: timidity: FTBFS with the nocheck build profile > https://bugs.debian.org/902769 > 987714: dh-r: Depends/Suggests/Recommends are generate from the apt-cache > avail list which is unpredictable > https://bugs.debian.org/987714 > 996690: clutter-1.0: upstream project discontinued, should be removed > https://bugs.debian.org/996690 > 996691: cogl: upstream project discontinued, should be removed > https://bugs.debian.org/996691 > > > > For more information on the autoremoval process, including hints to prevent > autoremoval can be found on the wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/Autoremoval > > This mail is generated by: > https://salsa.debian.org/release-team/release-tools/-/blob/master/mailer/mail_autoremovals.pl > > Autoremoval data is generated by: > https://salsa.debian.org/qa/udd/-/blob/master/udd/testing_autoremovals_gatherer.pl > -- Holger Wansing <[email protected]> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
