Hi Alexandre, On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 10:45:02PM +0200, Alexandre Detiste wrote: > Package: ftp.debian.org > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Ilu <[email protected]>, > [email protected], Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> > Control: affects -1 + src:apt-xapian-index > User: [email protected] > Usertags: remove > > Dear FTP Masters, > > The reasons cited in previous RM bug #1100760 still stand. > > I don't know the reasoning that led Ilu to work on this;
The motivation was/is to fix a UX regression in Synaptic introduced by the hasty removal of debbugs infrastructure. Namely the "Quick Filter" bar in synaptic is not available without it. See https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/pull/153 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1103351 for more background. There is some WIP code in synaptic to keep that feature without depending on apt-xapian-index, but so far that has not landed: https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/pull/146. IIRC Ilu is working on a Debian derrivative for users with special needs where this seemingly minor UX regression was more painful than one might think. > but they ended up only makin three tiny commits on 1/5/2025 > and since this useless middleware package is again a QA drain. Alexander, I don't quite understand why the package is (or rather has to be) a drain on QA since it's not marked as QA maintained. Could you explain what you mean and why QA feels responsible for this package? For context: Ilu is new to Debian package maintanance (and software development for that matter) and took over maintanership based on my encouragement. I would ask for some patience and support please :-). > There is a new RC bug, please remove the package (for good ?) Since #1145121 is only six weeks old I would ask to hold off on that and give the maintainer some time to respond first. Thanks, --Daniel
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