Bug#1016957: remove kbd-chooser from the archive?

[Cyril Brulebois]

Paul Gevers  (2024-05-04):
> If you're sure it's not used, I can work around udd and have it at least
> removed from testing. I think a bug retitle (or separate bug) would have
> been better. The current bug isn't RC.

If it's certain that package isn't used/useful anymore, the correct thing
to do is to have it removed from the archive, via unstable, sync'd into
testing. I don't see what a removal from testing only would achieve, esp.
for trumped-up reasons.


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Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#1016957: remove kbd-chooser from the archive?

[Paul Gevers]

Hi

On 04-05-2024 3:36 p.m., Holger Wansing wrote:

I think Bastian's approach is, to remove kbd-chooser from the archive, since
it was stated (see below) that it's no longer in use.


It might be that udd assumes all packages that build a udeb are used.


d-i has switched away from it to console-setup 12 years ago with
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/commit/2575a669e91252a6253430020137154c995c9b38


I did check the d-i repository and there are still references to 
kbd-chooser, so I *assumed* it was still used.



Are there any ports maybe, that still use it somehow?
Or what about derivatives?
It's an udeb-only package, so the use in the installer is the only imaginable
scenario...
If you're sure it's not used, I can work around udd and have it at least 
removed from testing. I think a bug retitle (or separate bug) would have 
been better. The current bug isn't RC.


Paul


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Bug#1016957: remove kbd-chooser from the archive?

[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Paul Gevers  wrote (Sat, 4 May 2024 07:46:45 +0200):
> Hi Bastian,
> 
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2023 19:03:07 +0200 Bastian Germann  wrote:
> > Control: severity -1 serious
> 
> Can you please elaborate? I'm not seeing anything serious in this bug 
> report.

I think Bastian's approach is, to remove kbd-chooser from the archive, since
it was stated (see below) that it's no longer in use.
d-i has switched away from it to console-setup 12 years ago with
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/commit/2575a669e91252a6253430020137154c995c9b38

Are there any ports maybe, that still use it somehow?
Or what about derivatives?
It's an udeb-only package, so the use in the installer is the only imaginable 
scenario...

@installer-team: any comments?

> 
> > On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:42:34 +0200 Holger Wansing  
> > wrote:
> > > kbd-chooser is no longer in use, I think.
> > > Or am I missing something?
> > 
> > I am raising severity to serious then so that it can be autoremoved from 
> > testing.
> 
> This package is a key package (because of debian-installer), so it can't 
> be autoremoved.


Holger


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