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Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package

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severity 1068809 normal
reassign 1068809 ftp.debian.org
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Dear Debian ftpmasters:

We (the participants in this bug) believe that the package dh-buildinfo
can be removed now, and we request that it's removed.

The rationale for deprecating dh-buildinfo is explained
in a very detailed way in the first message of this bug
which I'm now reassigning.

The reason that dh-buildinfo can be removed now is that
debhelper maintainers agreed to add a "Provides: dh-buildinfo"
so that this deprecation can happen sooner.

Now, packages having dh-buildinfo in their build-depends
will either satisfy the build-dependency with debhelper,
if it's not versioned, or will fail with unsatisfiable build-depends
if it's versioned, because debhelper has a conflicts: dh-buildinfo.

As a result, none of the 272 packages still having dh-buildinfo
in their build-depends will actually try to install the real
dh-buildinfo when being built, and this is why we consider that
the package can be removed now.

All the required bugs have been filed, and the few packages which
FTBFS with the new setup (where debhelper provides dh-buildinfo)
have a trivial patch available in the bug report (which is RC
because of the FTBFS status).

Thanks for your consideration.

And also thanks to everybody who helped to make this possible.

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Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-11-28 01:40 +0100
  Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2024-12-06 00:40 +0100
    Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-06 01:20 +0100
      Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-06 11:10 +0100
        Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-06 13:30 +0100
          Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-08 12:30 +0100
            Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-14 13:40 +0100
              Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-14 14:00 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-14 14:20 +0100
              Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:10 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:20 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:30 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-18 15:20 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2024-12-18 22:10 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Yann Dirson <ydirson@free.fr> - 2024-12-18 23:00 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-19 02:10 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package наб <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz> - 2024-12-19 03:40 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-21 00:40 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-19 17:00 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-21 00:30 +0100
                Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2024-12-14 14:30 +0100
          Bug#1068809: dh-buildinfo: consider deprecating and removing the package Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-12-08 12:30 +0100

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