Bug#992806: ftjam - ship with bookworm?
Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 ftp.debian.org Control: retitle -2 RM: ftjam -- RoQA; upstream dead, obsolete dh compat levels, replacements exist Hi, * ydir...@free.fr [220728 11:05]: > > I guess some users of the improved jam could still exist, but given > > ftjam has not seen any updates since 2007, and jam before that even > > longer, I find this somewhat unlikely. [..] > > Otherwise I'll raise severity of this bug over time and eventually > > might ask for removal from Debian. > > I've pondered this in the past, and concluded that the maintenance load > was low enough not to bother. ftjam has not been in testing since 2021-12-29, and there are two RC bugs open (debhelper compat level, required build-target). > OTOH the popcon graph clearly shows the decline of this legacy package. > It would seem like a good moment to drop it. Lets do that now. Cloning bug to ftp.debian.org to ask for removal. Thanks, Chris
Bug#992806: ftjam - ship with bookworm?
> ftjam is the freetype.org improved "jam" (a build tool thats > supposedly better than make). I remember jam being "the hype" a long > time ago. freetype.org themselves have switched away from jam ... a > long time ago, and even switched to meson in the mean time. > > I guess some users of the improved jam could still exist, but given > ftjam has not seen any updates since 2007, and jam before that even > longer, I find this somewhat unlikely. > > Please speak up if you want to keep ftjam around. > > Otherwise I'll raise severity of this bug over time and eventually > might ask for removal from Debian. I've pondered this in the past, and concluded that the maintenance load was low enough not to bother. OTOH the popcon graph clearly shows the decline of this legacy package. It would seem like a good moment to drop it.
Bug#992806: ftjam - ship with bookworm?
Source: ftjam Hi everyone, ftjam is the freetype.org improved "jam" (a build tool thats supposedly better than make). I remember jam being "the hype" a long time ago. freetype.org themselves have switched away from jam ... a long time ago, and even switched to meson in the mean time. I guess some users of the improved jam could still exist, but given ftjam has not seen any updates since 2007, and jam before that even longer, I find this somewhat unlikely. Please speak up if you want to keep ftjam around. Otherwise I'll raise severity of this bug over time and eventually might ask for removal from Debian. Thanks, Chris
