[Pkg-electronics-devel] Bug#1085552: Bug#1085552: arduino-builder: deprecated upstream

[Matthias Geiger]

On Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:19:34 +0200 Matthias Geiger <werdahias at riseup.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:47:02 +0200 Rock Storm <rockstorm at gmx.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2024-10-20 at 18:54 +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > upstream has this to say on
> > > https://github.com/arduino/arduino-builder:
> > > 
> > > > DEPRECATION WARNING: This tool is being phased out in favor of
> > > > Arduino CLI, we recommend to use Arduino CLI for new projects.
> > > > 
> > > > The source code of the builder has been moved in the arduino-cli
> > > > repository (as a legacy package) where it will be maintained and
> > > > developed and eventually moved outside the legacy package once
> > > > properly integrated in the Arduino CLI codebase.
> > > > 
> > > > The arduino-builder is now just a wrapper of arduino-cli. We will
> > > > continue to provide builds of this project for some time to allow a
> > > > smooth transition period to our users.
> > > 
> > > Please consider if this package should stay in Debian or not.
> > 
> > Hi Chris, you are right, arduino-builder is a dependency for the arduino
> > package, the Arduino IDE. Arduino IDE 2.x version, no longer uses
> > arduino-builder and therefore this package will only make sense to keep
> > for as long as we ship Arduino 1.x. If/when Arduino IDE 1.x is removed
> > from Debian's repositories we can safely remove this package as well.
> > 
> > I'm currently unable/unwilling to package Arduino CLI, which would be
> > the replacement for this builder package. So if anyone wants to have a
> > go please be my guest.
> >
> An RFP for arduino-cli has been filed and obbardc and myself will be 
> working on it in forky.
>
Hi,

I just uploaded arduino-cli to NEW; thanks to Nicolas for doing most of 
the work leading to that. Once it has been accepted I won't be objecting 
to a removal of arduino-builder.

best,

werdahias