Bug#762315: RM: tpclient-pywx -- RoM; dead upstream

[Olly Betts]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: freewx-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: wxpy3.0

The tpclient-pywx package is a client for the thousand parsec online
game software, but sadly development of this seems to have ceased, and
it seems there aren't even any active servers for it now.

The package looks to need non-trivial porting work for wxpython 3.0, so
I raised the issue of removal with the maintainers, and they agreed -
here's the relevant discussion from #759061:

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 07:05:58PM -0400, Barry deFreese wrote:
> On 9/20/2014 12:54 AM, Olly Betts wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 03:39:08PM +0200, Markus Koschany wrote:
> >> On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 23:01:36 -0300 Olly Betts <olly at survex.com> wrote:
> >>> I've just been having a look at getting tpclient-pywx working with
> >>> wxPython 3.0, and it looks non-trivial.  The first major issue I hit is
> >>> that the start-up all happens in the wrong order (probably also wrong
> >>> with 2.8, but 3.0 actually checks and complains).
> >>>
> >>> However, looking at the PTS, I thought I should check if you think
> >>> it is worth trying to keep this package in the archive:
> >>>
> >>> * Popcon shows *0* active users (out of 18 installs, 2 of which are
> >>>   new - one of those probably me!)
> >>>
> >>> * last maintainer upload was approaching 5 years ago
> >>>
> >>> * last upstream release date I couldn't easily discover, but it was
> >>>   prior to the Debian package first being upload on 2009-03-09
> >>
> >> Indeed I think the client and the libraries for Thousand Parsec are good
> >> removal candidates:
> >>
> >> According to http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp
> >>
> >> * Upstream forum is down
> >> * Last posts on the mailing lists date back to 2010
> >> * No servers and players active
> >>
> >> If tpclient-pywx is removed from Debian, then there is no reason to keep
> >>
> >> https://packages.debian.org/src:libtpclient-py
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> https://packages.qa.debian.org/libt/libtpproto-py.html
> >>
> >> either.
> > 
> > Barry deFreese is the only person listed in "Uploaders:" for these 3
> > packages - what are your thoughts on removing them, Barry?
> 
> Unfortunately I am pretty inactive these days but I would say go ahead
> and remove them.

I've checked with "dak rm" that there are no reverse dependencies.

Cheers,
    Olly