On Sun, 2024-10-20 at 18:54 +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > Hi, > > upstream has this to say on > https://github.com/arduino/arduino-builder: > > > DEPRECATION WARNING: This tool is being phased out in favor of > > Arduino CLI, we recommend to use Arduino CLI for new projects. > > > > The source code of the builder has been moved in the arduino-cli > > repository (as a legacy package) where it will be maintained and > > developed and eventually moved outside the legacy package once > > properly integrated in the Arduino CLI codebase. > > > > The arduino-builder is now just a wrapper of arduino-cli. We will > > continue to provide builds of this project for some time to allow a > > smooth transition period to our users. > > Please consider if this package should stay in Debian or not.
Hi Chris, you are right, arduino-builder is a dependency for the arduino package, the Arduino IDE. Arduino IDE 2.x version, no longer uses arduino-builder and therefore this package will only make sense to keep for as long as we ship Arduino 1.x. If/when Arduino IDE 1.x is removed from Debian's repositories we can safely remove this package as well. I'm currently unable/unwilling to package Arduino CLI, which would be the replacement for this builder package. So if anyone wants to have a go please be my guest. Regards, -- ⢠⣤⣼⣧⣤⡄ Rock Storm ⣶⣿⠋⠙⣿⣶⠀https://github.com/rockstorm101 ⢨⠿⠃⠘⢿⡅ C304 34B3 632C 464C 2FAF C741 0439 CF52 C968 32FD
