Yes, it probably should be removed. A while ago I took a look into these issues but never came to a satisfactory answer either.
Thanks, Matt On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 08:59, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > > Source: cl-regex > Version: 1-4.2 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: Matthew Danish <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], Package Salvaging Team > <[email protected]>, Debian Common Lisp Team > <[email protected]> > > Dear Matthew, > > I wonder whether it is time to remove cl-regex from Debian for the > following reasons: > > * It accumulated two long standing bugs (in CC) which somehow > signal that the package is not maintained upstream any more. > * I was not able to find and upstream site for this code any more > that could be specified as Homepage > * It seems the functionality of his package is provided by the > package cl-ppcre which is actively maintained by the > Debian Common Lisp Team > > This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be > reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package. > > In case the package should be kept in unstable, please evaluate each of the > bugs in CC. > > In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this > bug report: > > Control: severity -1 normal > Control: retitle -1 RM: cl-regex -- RoM; rc-buggy > Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org > Control: affects -1 + src:cl-regex > > Alternatively, you may wait a month and have it reassigned. > > In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug. > > Control: tags -1 + wontfix > > This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[3] initiative, which > aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through > the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating > packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar > with a consistent Git-based workflow. So in case you disagree with the > removal we will help you to create a Git repository in the Debian/ team > space if you agree with the maintenance on Salsa. > > Kind regards > Andreas. > > [1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 13.0 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), > (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=de_DE:de > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled
