Bug#1050359: RM: gpr -- RoQA; dead upstream; depends on gtk2

[Bastian Germann]

Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
Control: severity -1 normal

Please remove gpr. It is dead upstream. The Debian version is essentially a 
fork that is also not updated since 2011.

Bug#1050359: RM: gpr -- RoQA; dead upstream; depends on gtk2

[A Mennucc1]

I (the mantainer) am in favor too.
a.

Il 16/09/23 19:18, Till Kamppeter ha scritto:
gpr is not only not upstream-maintained any more and depending oon the 
obsolete GTK2, it is also only used for printing with 
LPD/gnulpr/LPRng, all these being printing systems which are obsolete 
for near 2 decades (replaced by CUPS) and all not maintained upstream 
any more.


So it does not actually make sense any more to keep gpr in Debian. So 
I am in favor of its removal, too.





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Bug#1050359: RM: gpr -- RoQA; dead upstream; depends on gtk2

[Bastian Germann]

Source: gpr
Severity: serious
Version: 0.15deb-2

gpr does not seem to be used a lot and is dead upstream. The Debian 
version is essentially a fork that is also not updated since 2011.


I intend to file a RM bug.
If you have any reasons to keep it in Debian please voice them here.
To get people's attention, I am filing as a serious bug and will 
reassign to the FTP team when the package is autoremoved from testing.

Bug#1050359: RM: gpr -- RoQA; dead upstream; depends on gtk2

[Till Kamppeter]

gpr is not only not upstream-maintained any more and depending oon the 
obsolete GTK2, it is also only used for printing with LPD/gnulpr/LPRng, 
all these being printing systems which are obsolete for near 2 decades 
(replaced by CUPS) and all not maintained upstream any more.


So it does not actually make sense any more to keep gpr in Debian. So I 
am in favor of its removal, too.