Hi,

Am 20.10.2017 um 18:43 schrieb Jeremy Bicha:
> I don't think Debian 10 "Buster" should include eclipse and swt-gtk if
> they haven't been upgraded past 3.8.
> 
> I came across this bug report while trying to remove the unsecure
> webkitgtk from Debian. webkitgtk is ready for removal from Debian
> Testing in 3 days except…
> 
> libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni has an undeclared dependency on
> libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 https://bugs.debian.org/879170
> 
> Once libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 is removed, the functionality provided by that
> library will be completely broken.
> 
> It looks like it might be fixed by "simply" updating swt-gtk and
> eclipse to a newer version.
> 
> Are there any objections to me requesting that the ftpmasters remove
> swt-gtk and eclipse from Debian Testing so that we can complete the
> webkitgtk removal from Testing?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy Bicha

Thank you for contacting us. I completely agree with you. Eclipse in its
current state should not be a blocker for other packages in testing. I
can't promise anything but I will try to get the package in shape again
but this process will be quite slow probably, so the request for help is
as valid as ever.

Regards,

Markus


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