On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 08:34:21AM -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote: > Source: makehuman > Version: 1.1.1-1 > Severity: normal > User: debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: qt4-removal > > TL;DR: Your package, makehuman, is using pyqt4 which depends on Qt4. > However, it is planned that Qt4 shall be removed from Debian in the > future. Please check upstream status for Qt5 migration and package > the new (py)Qt5-based version when available. > > * Python3 + Qt5 development git repository: > > https://github.com/makehumancommunity/makehuman > > ========== Begin mail template ========== > > Hi! As you might know we the Qt/KDE team are preparing to remove Qt4 > as [announced] in: > > [announced] <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/08/ > msg00006.html> > > Currently Qt4 has been dead upstream and we are starting to have > problems > maintaining it. > > In order to make this move, all packages directly or indirectly > depending on > the Qt4 libraries have to either get ported to Qt5 or eventually get > removed from the Debian repositories. > > Therefore, please take the time and: > - contact your upstream (if existing) and ask about the state of a > Qt5 > port of your application > - if there are no activities regarding porting, investigate whether > there are > suitable alternatives for your users > - if there is a Qt5 port that is not yet packaged, consider packaging > it > - if both the Qt4 and the Qt5 versions already coexist in the Debian > archives, consider removing the Qt4 version > > > For any questions and issues, do not hesitate to contact the Debian > Qt/KDE > team at debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org > > The removal is being tracked in <https://wiki.debian.org/Qt4Removal>
Hi, there hasn't been any followup on this bug since over a year and we're now moving forward with the Qt4 removal, are there immediate plans to port makehuman to Qt5 or should we remove it from the archive? Cheers, Moritz