Hi again,
this is a gentle ping about your time scale when you plan to upgrade
qhttpengine to add Qt6 support.
Kind regards
Andreas.
Am Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 11:47:14AM +0100 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> Hi Nathan,
>
> could you please let us know your time scale when you think you can work
> on this package? What help do you need?
>
> Please let us know if you see some blockers.
>
> Kind regards
> Andreas.
>
> Am Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 01:05:09PM +0100 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> > Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> > Thanks
> >
> > Am Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 01:33:52AM -0800 schrieb Nathan Osman:
> > > Sorry for not noticing this until now! This came up in a GitHub issue a
> > > few
> > > weeks ago, but I'll jump in here to clarify.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your response.
> >
> > > Basically, the library is in "maintenance mode" and I won't be investing
> > > time in adding new features. If there are security issues, obviously I
> > > will
> > > take a look at those. Mostly my reasons for this are:
> > >
> > > - The project I initially developed it for no longer needs it (switching
> > > from C++ to Go)
> > > - Qt itself now offers at least a basic HTTP server
> > >
> > > I believe there was a pull request at some point to add Qt6 support and if
> > > there is interest in salvaging, I am willing to at least put in the effort
> > > to make sure it compiles and passes the test suite. I can offer anyone
> > > some
> > > guidance if they want to take over the project or maintenance of it.
> >
> > Well, the open bug about CMake 4 is fixed in Git and simply uploading it
> > would be cheap. There was just the discussion whether we might cause
> > more harm than good be "pretending" the package is maintaines but
> > finally nobody cares about security. If you confirm you are available
> > and might care for issues that might be reported, I could sponsor the
> > current work in
> >
> > https://salsa.debian.org/salvage-team/qhttpengine
> >
> > Most probably it makes more sense to move it to Debian team and grant
> > you push permissions. If you create a login on salsa.debian.org and
> > tell me your login name I can easily do so.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Andreas.
> >
> > > - Nathan
> > >
> > > On 2025-11-26 03:49, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > > Control: severity -1 serious
> > > > Control: retitle -1 Should qhttpengine be removed from Debian?
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Hi Nicolas,
> > > >
> > > > Am Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 11:30:38AM +0100 schrieb Nicolas Schodet:
> > > > > I am not sure the package is worth salvaging:
> > > > >
> > > > > - Being an HTTP server, it may be security sensitive.
> > > > > - There was only one upload, which may indicate the original uploader
> > > > > has no plan to keep working on Debian.
> > > > > - There is no reverse dependency on this package.
> > > > > - The last upstream release is 7 years old.
> > > > > - Popularity in popcon is really low.
> > > > > - Upstream seems to be working on nitroshare2, which is written in
> > > > > Go,
> > > > > and therefore does not need this library anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > The first point is what worries me the most, the other points question
> > > > > whether it is worth the effort.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for those very valid points. I re-evaluated the situation
> > > > (learned that the last release was nearly 8 years ago) and its also
> > > > based on Qt5 - so we will run probably into some porting trouble once
> > > > this will be droped from Debian. Thanks also for the hint that the main
> > > > upstream author moved to some other project.
> > > >
> > > > Thus I'm hereby retitling the bug from ITS to a Pre-Removal bug. Given
> > > > that the maintainer has not responded yet I raise severity to serious
> > > > to attract attention.
> > > >
> > > > In 10 days I will turn this bug into a request for removal in case there
> > > > will be no hints that this package might be valuable inside Debian and
> > > > there is someone willing to maintain this package seriously (including
> > > > porting to Qt6).
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > > Andreas.
> > >
> >
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