Hi Dominic, On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 10:26:08AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 05:48:42AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > Source: libcrypt-dsa-perl > > Version: 1.20-1 > > Severity: serious > > Justification: not suitable for stable release > > X-Debbugs-Cc: Dominic Hargreaves <[email protected]>, [email protected], > > [email protected] > > > > Hi > > > > Cc'ing in particular Dominic if he wants to raise an objection. > > > > Crypt::DSA is deprecated and should actually not be used anymore, has > > security issues (which though got fixed so far). > > > > I propose to still keep libcrypt-dsa-perl out of testing and not to > > get included in forky. If Dominic agrees maybe even already remove it > > from unstable/testing. There are no issues with the removal itself: > > > > ,---- [ dak rm --suite=unstable -n -R libcrypt-dsa-perl ] > > | Will remove the following packages from unstable: > > | > > | libcrypt-dsa-perl | 1.21-1 | source, all > > | > > | Maintainer: Debian Perl Group > > <[email protected]> > > | > > | ------------------- Reason ------------------- > > | > > | ---------------------------------------------- > > | > > | Checking reverse dependencies... > > | No dependency problem found. > > `---- > > > > And there is low and sinking popcon usage: > > https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=libcrypt-dsa-perl > > No concerns on my side; despite being in the Uploaders list, I don't recall > any particular use case.
Ok thanks for the feedback. I will request removal from unstable now. Regards, Salvatore
