Package: ftp.debian.org
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Dear ftp-masters,

hddtemp is a software from another age that will not be shipped with
Debian Bookworm release [1]. However it could be easily replaced by the
drivetemp kernel module (available since kernel 5.6) which uses the same
hwmon interface as for NVME drives and other systems sensors and is
supported by lm-sensors. It does not require any privilege, as opposed
to hddtemp which runs as a daemon or a setuid binary.

The fact that hddtemp was not going to be released with Bookworm was
already announced in a NEWS file [1].

No packages currently (build-)depends on it, so please remove it from
the archive. There are a few packages still recommending or suggesting
it, but bugs have already been filled.

Thanks,
Aurelien

[1] https://sources.debian.org/src/hddtemp/0.3-beta15-54/debian/NEWS/

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