[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1101890: RM: bali-phy [armel armhf] -- ROM; build failure on 32-bit arm

[Étienne Mollier]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: bali-phy at packages.debian.org, debian-arm at lists.debian.org, benjamin.redelings at gmail.com
Control: affects -1 + src:bali-phy
User: ftp.debian.org at packages.debian.org
Usertags: remove
User: debian-arm at lists.debian.org
Usertags: arm armel armhf

Dear ftpmaster, Dear arm porters,

The newer revision of bali-phy is giving difficulties[1,2,3] on
arm 32-bit architectures.  Since the package targets scientific
applications, I'm not confident that it has a heavy user base on
such architecture and would request a removal of bali-phy from
armel and armhf.  Of course, if porters have time and resources
to help Benjamin, in carbon copy, to debug and fix the problem,
that is for the better.  :)

[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2025/03/msg00005.html
[2]: https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=bali-phy
[3]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1101873

Note that if bali-phy gets fixed after removal, then it will
still be possible for the package to reintegrate the 32-bit arm
distribution.  But for the moment, I see the upcoming trixie
freeze and autoremoval of the package is at the corner, hence my
personnal preference for a removal.  I'm especially concerned if
debugging the arm 32-bit build failure gets involved and gets in
the way of other pressing porting issues.

Whatever the outcome, Thank you for your help on the matter!

Have a nice day,  :)
-- 
  .''`.  Étienne Mollier <emollier at debian.org>
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PS: the new capability in reportbug that adds porters when
requesting removal for given architectures is neat.  :)
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