Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org Control: retitle -1 RM: libgrits -- ROM; Dead upstream, depends on GTK 2 Control: severity -1 normal
On 4/15/20 11:27 AM, Simon McVittie wrote: > I noticed libgrits while looking at the list of packages that depend on > the superseded library GTK 2. > > libgrits appears to be a shared library that is no longer depended on > by anything in Debian >= buster. It depends on GTK 2, which was superseded > by GTK 3 in 2011. Its last upstream release appears to have been in 2013. > > Is this library still maintained upstream? Not according to its git repo: http://pileus.org/git/?p=grits > Is it sufficiently useful > to justify having it in Debian for use as a dependency of third-party > software, or should it be removed? It has 3 votes in popcon, so there appear to be actual users. But such a low number does not warrant keeping a package that requires obsolete libraries like GTK 2. Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1
