[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#380146: g2: requesting removal

[Lucas Nussbaum]

tags 380146 - moreinfo
reassign 380146 wnpp
retitle 380146 O: g2 -- 2D graphics library
thanks

On 20/02/11 at 23:59 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 06:43:49PM +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > * Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at debian.org> [110219 18:55]:
> > 
> > > The g2 package has been orphaned for a long time, and nobody has
> > > been willing to take it over.
> > > I am therefore requesting its removal from Debian.
> > 
> > Checking reverse dependencies...
> > # Broken Build-Depends:
> > rnahybrid: libg2-dev
> > 
> > Shall rnahybrid be removed, too?  Or would the med take like to take
> > care of it?
> 
> Rnahybrid should definitely not be removed and we have just finished
> another package (vienna-rna) which will pop up (hopefully soon modulo
> some license clarification) in NEW.  So we somehow rely on libg2-dev
> and if there is any urgent need to find a real maintainer (I was not
> aware that non-RC buggy packages will be removed) we should probably
> take it over.

Yes, it would be great if you could take it over.

- Lucas