Bug#875494: connectomeviewer: Qt4 removal form Buster

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 08:19:02PM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:33:30 -0300 =?utf-8?q?
> Lisandro_Dami=C3=A1n_Nicanor_P=C3=A9rez_Meyer?=  wrote:
> > Source: connectomeviewer
> > Version: 2.1.0-1.1
> > Severity: minor
> > User: debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: qt4-removal
> > 
> > Note: this bug is being filled because your package recommends python-
> qscintilla2.
> > 
> > Hi! As you might know we the Qt/KDE team are preparing to remove Qt4
> > as announced in:
> > 
> > [announced]
> > 
> 
> This is now in progress.  Upstream for this package seems dead (no commits in 
> upstream git in nearly two years).  It seems likely the right answer is 
> probably to remove the package.
> 
> This is the last package left in the archive that needs python-qscintilla2.
> 
> If no one indicates they are going to upload this without the python-
> qscintilla2 Recommends (I have no idea if that even makes sense), then I'll 
> file an QoRA rm bug soon.

Given that there was no further feedback, 
https://github.com/LTS5/connectomeviewer/
has no signs of Qt5 porting activity and the last maintainer upload was in 2012
I just filed a removal bug so that we can move forward with qscintilla2.

There's still ample time to re-introduced it before bullseye if someone steps
up and ports it.

Cheers,
Moritz

Bug#875494: connectomeviewer: Qt4 removal form Buster

[Scott Kitterman]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:33:30 -0300 =?utf-8?q?
Lisandro_Dami=C3=A1n_Nicanor_P=C3=A9rez_Meyer?=  wrote:
> Source: connectomeviewer
> Version: 2.1.0-1.1
> Severity: minor
> User: debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: qt4-removal
> 
> Note: this bug is being filled because your package recommends python-
qscintilla2.
> 
> Hi! As you might know we the Qt/KDE team are preparing to remove Qt4
> as announced in:
> 
> [announced]
> 

This is now in progress.  Upstream for this package seems dead (no commits in 
upstream git in nearly two years).  It seems likely the right answer is 
probably to remove the package.

This is the last package left in the archive that needs python-qscintilla2.

If no one indicates they are going to upload this without the python-
qscintilla2 Recommends (I have no idea if that even makes sense), then I'll 
file an QoRA rm bug soon.

Scott K

Bug#875494: connectomeviewer: Qt4 removal form Buster

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Source: connectomeviewer
Version: 2.1.0-1.1
Severity: minor
User: debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: qt4-removal

Note: this bug is being filled because your package recommends 
python-qscintilla2.

Hi! As you might know we the Qt/KDE team are preparing to remove Qt4
as announced in:

[announced]


Currently Qt4 has been dead upstream and we are starting to have problems
maintaining it, like for example in the [OpenSSL 1.1 support] case.

[OpenSSL 1.1 support]


In order to make this move, all packages directly or indirectly depending on
the Qt4 libraries have to either get ported to Qt5 or eventually get
removed from the Debian repositories.

Therefore, please take the time and:
- contact your upstream (if existing) and ask about the state of a Qt5
port of your application
- if there are no activities regarding porting, investigate whether there are
suitable alternatives for your users
- if there is a Qt5 port that is not yet packaged, consider packaging it
- if both the Qt4 and the Qt5 versions already coexist in the Debian
archives, consider removing the Qt4 version

= Porting =

Some of us where involved in various Qt4 to Qt5 migrations [migration] and we
know for sure that porting stuff from Qt4 to Qt5 is much much easier and less
painful than it was from Qt3 to Qt4.

We also understand that there is still a lot of software still using Qt4.

Don't forget to take a look at the C++ API changes page [apichanges] whenever
you start porting your application.

[migration] http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/packagingqtbasedstuff.html
[apichanges] http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/sourcebreaks.html

For any questions and issues, do not hesitate to contact the Debian Qt/KDE
team at debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org

The removal is being tracked in 



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