Bug#914104: gpdftext: Intent to remove from Debian

[Jeremy Bicha]

Source: gpdftext
Version: 0.3.10-3
Severity: serious
Tags: buster sid
X-Debbugs-CC: ***@debian.org

gpdftext was orphaned 2 years ago. This is a bit concerning since the
Debian maintainer was also upstream for the package.

Its last maintainer upload was 4 years ago. I did the only QA upload a
year ago to stop using scrollkeeper and modernize the packaging.

gpdftext is one of the last packages in Debian using gconf. Although
gconf will still be in the Debian Buster release, its main purpose
there is to provide the gconf-to-gsettings migration helper.

I intend to remove gpdftext from Debian very soon. Please respond very
promptly if you agree or object to its removal.

References
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https://bugs.debian.org/835907 (orphan bug)
https://bugs.debian.org/885666 (gconf dependency bug)
https://web.archive.org/web/20150921230353/https://alioth.debian.org/projects/gpdftext/

On behalf of the Debian GNOME team,
Jeremy Bicha

[Neil Williams]

Things haven't really changed for gpdftext.

It's not impossible for someone to adopt the package in Debian and the
upstream at the same time, it's not a lot of code. However, it seems
that this little niche was a bit too small for anyone else to want to
pick it up once I stopped needing the code.

[Jeremy Bicha]

Control: reopen -1

Adrian,

I think I understand your objection.

On the other hand, I believe that Neil's opinion ("I agree with
removal") holds greater weight here since he is upstream. Neil and I
are the only people to have ever uploaded gpdftext in Debian.

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Post by Jeremy Bicha
reopen -1

Bug #914104 {Done: Adrian Bunk <***@debian.org>} [src:gpdftext] gpdftext: Intent to remove from Debian
Bug reopened
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #914104 to the same values previously set