Package: hub
Version: 2.14.2~ds1-3

Hi!

The 'hub' package is soon likely to be the last remaining package that
depends on golang-github-bmizerany-assert which ought to be removed:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1143916

I've confirmed that it is only used in the self-tests:

jas@frallan:~/dpkg/hub$ rgrep bmizerany/ass .|grep -v _test.go
./go.sum:github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 
h1:DDGfHa7BWjL4YnC6+E63dPcxHo2sUxDIu8g3QgEJdRY=
./go.sum:github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869/go.mod 
h1:Ekp36dRnpXw/yCqJaO+ZrUyxD+3VXMFFr56k5XYrpB4=
./go.mod:       github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869
jas@frallan:~/dpkg/hub$ 

However it is used in many files.

Last upstream release was 6 years ago for 'hub', is this even maintained
software any more?  Should we ship it in forky?

I've seen an upstream merge release that removes the dependency, but
back-porting it may be complicated:

https://github.com/mislav/hub/pull/2463

Best would be if upstream could make a new release to clarify the
situation.  I'm not holding my breath though:

https://github.com/mislav/hub/issues/2470

/Simon

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