On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:27:21 +0000 Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote: > > > On March 10, 2024 3:23:32 PM UTC, "Martin-Éric Racine" > <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote: > >On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 18:40:13 +0100 Chris Hofstaedtler <z...@debian.org> wrote: > >> * Christoph Biedl <debian.a...@manchmal.in-ulm.de> [240302 17:02]: > >> > Chris Hofstaedtler wrote... > >> > > >> > > please remove deborphan. It is stuck, featurewise, in a very old time > >> > > and does not support many currently available dpkg features properly > >> > > (multi-arch, versioned provides, etc). > >> > > >> > FWIW, deborphan is part of my regular workflow, and while you claim > >> > it has defects, it works for me pretty well. > >> > >> It works "well" if you use it in very limited usecases, yes (like I > >> did). It doesn't seem to work well for a lot of people using more of > >> the "features" it has. > > > >Just because it doesn't work for everyone is not a remotely good > >enough reason to ask for its removal. It works for most people. don't > >break it for them. > > > >> The t64 transition will apparently make deborphan mostly useless in > >> trixie. > >> > >> > [..] > >> > So: What are the alternatives? How do they work? Are they a drop-in > >> > replacment or do they introduce new dependencies? Are there feature that > >> > will be no longer supported? > >> > >> release-notes recommends: > >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#removing-non-debian-packages > > > >Which has nothing to do with what was asked. > > > >> Some people seem to recommend debfoster. > > > >Which really doesn't provide similar functionality. > > > >> > Leaving users in the void about this is just bad style. > > > >I totally agree. Not wanting to maintain it is a shitty reason for > >asking for its removal. If you don't wanna maintain is, just orphan > >it. > > > It's really a maintainer call if that's appropriate. So far no one has > jumped up to ask if they can take over the package.
Please. It's not like anyone was ever given the opportunity by noticing a recently orphaned package or a blog post about it either. Martin-Éric
