Source: sympathy
Version: 1.2.1+woking+cvs+git20171124-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Ian Jackson
<[email protected]>, Package Salvaging Team
<[email protected]>
Dear Ian,
I suggest removing sympathy from Debian for the following reasons:
* It accumulated one RC-bug:
+ #1097960 sympathy: ftbfs with GCC-15
* It is not a key package.
* In bug #1115856 you confirmed
Unless we have some sign that anyone actually thinks this program is
worth saving, I suggest we allow it to gently rot, and RM later in the
forky cycle.
While I got the hint "I'm sure there are other parts
of Debian that would benefit much more from your efforts."
these open RC bugs and source format 3.0 bugs continuously
attract attention and it would be easier to clean up either
by fixing or removing the package.
* There are very few votes in popcon
https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=sympathy&show_installed=on&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
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.
I would be happy if someone would adopt the package (see bug #1115856)
and fix the gcc-15 build issue, thought. But as you expressed there
might be more urgent things to fix.
In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this
bug report:
Control: severity -1 normal
Control: retitle -1 RM: sympathy -- RoM; rc-buggy
Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:sympathy
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[1] 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.
Kind regards
Andreas.
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks
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