[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#874928: [kalternatives] Future Qt4 removal from Buster

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Hi! There seems to be work in progress, so please do no file the bug.

Thanks!

El 9 dic. 2017 12:51 a.m., "Boyuan Yang" <073p...@gmail.com> escribió:

> X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
>
> 在 2017年11月28日星期二 CST 上午9:55:54，Boyuan Yang 写道：
> > X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm wondering about the future of package "kalternatives" in Debian. It
> has
> > not been updated for 7 years, now affected by Qt4 removal and I cannot
> find
> > the upstream VCS for it.
> >
> > Will there be any porting efforts? If yes, please let me know; if not, we
> > could consider submitting removal request to get this out of Debian
> > unstable.
> >
> > PS: I'm the current maintainer of package "galternatives" in Debian.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Boyuan Yang
>
> Hello,
>
> Since there's no response, I'm going to file an RM bug for package
> kalternatives within one month.
>
> Please let me know if anyone is willing to work on it and port it to Qt5.
>
> Thanks,
> Boyuan Yang
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[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#874928: [kalternatives] Future Qt4 removal from Buster

[Boyuan Yang]

在 2017年12月9日星期六 CST 上午6:44:09，Pino Toscano 写道：
> In data sabato 9 dicembre 2017 11:48:41 CET, Boyuan Yang ha scritto:
> > X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
> > 
> > 在 2017年11月28日星期二 CST 上午9:55:54，Boyuan Yang 写道：
> > 
> > > X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
> > > 
> > > Hello all,
> > > 
> > > I'm wondering about the future of package "kalternatives" in Debian. It
> > > has
> > > not been updated for 7 years, now affected by Qt4 removal and I cannot
> > > find
> > > the upstream VCS for it.
> 
> Did you try looking at cgit.kde.org?

Sorry I didn't notice that; I thought the repo in Debian should be the 
upstream since no "Homepage" field was found in the source package and d/watch 
file became defunct.

> 
> > > Will there be any porting efforts? If yes, please let me know; if not,
> > > we
> > > could consider submitting removal request to get this out of Debian
> > > unstable.
> > > 
> > > PS: I'm the current maintainer of package "galternatives" in Debian.
> 
> I honestly do not see how the status of kalternatives is any concern on
> your side.
> 
> > Since there's no response, I'm going to file an RM bug for package
> > kalternatives within one month.
> > 
> > Please let me know if anyone is willing to work on it and port it to Qt5.
> 
> Please do not, since I'm working on porting it.

That's great! Looking forward to seeing the new implementation.

Regards,
Boyuan Yang

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[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#874928: [kalternatives] Future Qt4 removal from Buster

[Boyuan Yang]

X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org

在 2017年11月28日星期二 CST 上午9:55:54，Boyuan Yang 写道：
> X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm wondering about the future of package "kalternatives" in Debian. It has
> not been updated for 7 years, now affected by Qt4 removal and I cannot find
> the upstream VCS for it.
> 
> Will there be any porting efforts? If yes, please let me know; if not, we
> could consider submitting removal request to get this out of Debian
> unstable.
> 
> PS: I'm the current maintainer of package "galternatives" in Debian.
> 
> Thanks,
> Boyuan Yang

Hello,

Since there's no response, I'm going to file an RM bug for package 
kalternatives within one month.

Please let me know if anyone is willing to work on it and port it to Qt5.

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang

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[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#874928: [kalternatives] Future Qt4 removal from Buster

[Boyuan Yang]

X-Debbugs-CC: p...@kde.org debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org

Hello all,

I'm wondering about the future of package "kalternatives" in Debian. It has 
not been updated for 7 years, now affected by Qt4 removal and I cannot find 
the upstream VCS for it.

Will there be any porting efforts? If yes, please let me know; if not, we 
could consider submitting removal request to get this out of Debian unstable.

PS: I'm the current maintainer of package "galternatives" in Debian.

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang

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[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#874928: [kalternatives] Future Qt4 removal from Buster

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Source: kalternatives
Version: 0.13-2
Severity: wishlist
User: debian-qt-...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: qt4-removal


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 

Lisandro,
on behalf of the Qt4 maintainers

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