Path: csiph.com!news.samoylyk.net!gothmog.csi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Julian Gilbey Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist,linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Bug#1094639: RM: abydos -- ROM; abandoned upstream, no longer required as a dependency Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:10:01 +0100 Message-ID: X-Original-To: Debian Bug Tracking System X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-bugs-dist-request@lists.debian.org Wed Jan 29 14:00:08 2025 Old-Return-Path: X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.999 Reply-To: Julian Gilbey , 1094639@bugs.debian.org Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-Cc: abydos@packages.debian.org, debian-python@lists.debian.org, Debian FTP Master X-Debian-Pr-Message: report 1094639 X-Debian-Pr-Package: ftp.debian.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: reportbug 12.0.0 X-Debian-User: jdg X-Debian-Message: from BTS X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1883676 List-ID: List-URL: Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 21 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:57:06 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <173815902619.2930173.7239619362505922457.reportbug@erdos.d-and-j.net> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.bugs.dist:1230861 linux.debian.maint.python:16702 Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal User: ftp.debian.org@packages.debian.org Usertags: remove X-Debbugs-Cc: abydos@packages.debian.org, debian-python@lists.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:abydos Control: block 1094631 by -1 abydos was packaged as a dependency of (python3-)textdistance, but textdistance has dropped the dependency. abydos has not had any communication from its maintainer since December 2022, and no commits for about 5 years. It now has an FTBFS bug against it with the numpy 2.0 transition; it would be trivial to fix, but it's a good reminder that it's probably no longer needed in Debian. It also ranks very low on the popcon ratings. So I'm requesting removal of this package. Best wishes, Julian