On Sun, 2026-05-17 at 16:26 +0530, Azeez Syed wrote:
> Some additional context that may be useful:
> 
> The upstream repository (github.com/anchore/go-version) was archived on March 
> 24, 2026 and is now read-only with no future maintenance expected.
> 
> The Debian package was created on May 1, 2026, after upstream was already 
> archived. It is currently only in unstable and has not migrated to testing.
> 
> A check of reverse dependencies shows no packages in unstable or testing 
> depend on golang-github-anchore-go-version-dev.
> 
> Given that the upstream is dead, the package has zero reverse dependencies, 
> and it carries a serious file conflict from day one, the maintainer may want 
> to consider whether this package should remain in Debian or whether a removal 
> request via ftp.debian.org would be more appropriate.

This was *just* packaged, not even 3 weeks ago. Maybe check the ITP
first at #1135334 before suggesting removal, especially because it
contains the rationale for packaging this.

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Maytham

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