Your message dated Mon, 16 May 2011 12:40:00 +0000
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and subject line Bug#626922: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #626922,
regarding RM: libxprintapputil -- ROM; deprecated upstream
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Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Xprint is considered deprecated by upstream (X.org).
I originally brought it into Debian to support printing of
international (nonlatin) web pages in firefox 2. Firefox 3 (iceweasel)
started using the Cairo and Pango libraries for printing and
internationalisation, making the need for Xprint redundant.
xprint was marked as deprecated in the version that went out with
squeeze; stray bugs have been patched up where possible and a final
version is sleeping peacefully at snapshot.debian.org for anyone who
might need it in the future. It's time to remove Xprint from the
Debian archives.
I put out a notice three weeks ago announcing the imminent removal of
xprint and related packages,
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/04/msg00941.html,
cc:d to debian-x. No one has raised any objection to the removal.
In total, the collection of Xprint packages to be removed,
grouped by source package, are:
xprint:
xprint
xprint-common
xprint-utils
xprint-utils
libxprintutil:
libxprintutil1
libxprintutil-dev
libxprintapputil:
libxprintapputil1
libxprintapputil-dev
libxfontp:
libxfontp1
libxfontp-dev
libxfontp1-dbg
No other packages depend on them, aside from a harmless Suggests in iceweasel,
for which bug #626794 has been filed.
libXp (libxp6, libxp-dev) is a related library which allows client
programs to connect to an Xprint server. I do NOT want libxp removed
at this point in time as it does have some [reverse-]dependencies. The
trickiest to handle here will be lesstif/motif (well, not tricky at
all if the lesstif maintainers agree to do it!) and matlab-support,
since the commercial proprietary software matlab-support still links
to libXp. I've filed bugs to all the packages using libxp to check if
they really do need it (in some cases the libxp dependency slipped in
inadvertently when the all-encompassing xlibs package was split into
separate modular libx-* packages).
Sincerely,
Drew Parsons
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--- Begin Message ---
We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:
libxprintapputil | 1:1.0.1.xsf1-3 | source
libxprintapputil-dev | 1:1.0.1.xsf1-3 | amd64, armel, hurd-i386, i386, ia64,
kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
libxprintapputil1 | 1:1.0.1.xsf1-3 | amd64, armel, hurd-i386, i386, ia64,
kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
------------------- Reason -------------------
ROM; deprecated upstream
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Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it). Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive (ftp-master.debian.org) and will not propagate to any
mirrors (ftp.debian.org included) until the next cron.daily run at the
earliest.
Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is
really needed, please contact them if this should be the case.
We try to close Bugs which have been reported against this package
automatically. But please check all old bugs, if they where closed
correctly or should have been re-assign to another package.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected].
The full log for this bug can be viewed at http://bugs.debian.org/626922
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