On Friday, December 22, 2017 5:28:36 PM CST Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:25:16 -0500 "Steve M. Robbins" <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> > Package: ftp.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This package was removed from testing during a transition to boost1.62
> > [1] but was mistakenly re-introduced into testing recently.  Please
> > remove the package from the archive -- both unstable and testing.
> > 
> > [1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/b/boost1.61/news/20170202T163914Z.html
> 
> half a year later, the rdepends on release architectures still has:
> 
> Checking reverse dependencies...
> # Broken Depends:
> libbitcoin: libbitcoin-dev [amd64 mips64el]

Removed from testing over a year ago and fails to build on all architectures.  

> lightspark: lightspark-common [amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips mips64el

Removed from testing over a year ago and fails to build on all architectures.  
Mattia Rizzolo just filed a removal bug: #885024


> swift-im: libswiften-dev [amd64 arm64 armel armhf mips mips64el mipsel

Not in testing and fails to build on all architectures.

> Can you work on getting these updated or removed so we can get this done?

I'd say it is safe to remove the old boost.  None of the above build on any 
architecture  -- so removing boost won't make anything worse.

-Steve

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