Bug#1126382: lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface: Should lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface be removed from unstable?

[Andreas Tille]

Source: lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface
Version: 0.3.1-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: Dennis van Dok <dennisvd at nikhef.nl>, 1124782 at bugs.debian.org, Debian Science Team <debian-science-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>, Debian HPC Team <debian-hpc at lists.debian.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage at tracker.debian.org>

Dear maintainer,

I included Debian Science team and Debian HPC team into this question
since here should be the experts whether this package might have some
remaining use inside Debian.

I suggest removing lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface from Debian for the
following reasons:

 * relies on the Globus Toolkit (GT4), which has reached "End of Life"
   and is no longer maintained.
 * orphaned upstream so does not receive security patches, posing
   a risk to authentication workflows.
 * uses old X.509 GSI standards that are often incompatible with modern
   OpenSSL versions and have been replaced by OAuth2/OIDC tokens.
 * no function outside of legacy scientific grid computing. For standard
   servers or desktops, it is useless
 * removal would reduces technical debt and prevents potential
   dependency conflicts during future Debian upgrades.
 * there are no (build-)dependencies to other packages
 * There are no votes in popcon
   https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface&show_installed=on&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
 * There seems to be no active maintainer

This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be
reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package.

In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this
bug report:

    Control: severity -1 normal
    Control: retitle -1 RM: lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface -- RoM; rc-buggy
    Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
    Control: affects -1 + src:lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface

Alternatively, you may wait a month and have it reassigned.

In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug.

    Control: tags -1 + wontfix

Doing so will also prevent automatic reassignment.

This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which
aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through
the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating
packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar
with a consistent Git-based workflow.

Kind regards
   Andreas.


[1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.18.5+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
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Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled