Bug#999977: qxw: depends on obsolete pcre3 library

[Nick Morrott]

On 2023/07/22 at 08:43, Stephen Kitt wrote:
>aOn Sat, 22 Jul 2023 16:14:06 +0200, Bastian Germann <bage at debian.org> wrote:
> > I suggest to remove the package. I do not think upstream will deal with 
> > this.
> 
> qxw’s usage of pcre seems simple enough, I’ll try to come up with a patch.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stephen

Bastian/Stephen,

In my last contact with upstream I discussed the use of the obsolete pcre3
library. The development team told me that a new GTK3/Qt GUI is under
development which will resolve the pcre3 issue in addition to the
proposed UI improvements.

In the meantime, I will look to spend some time understanding the
pcre3->pcre2 migration and patching qxw in the short term, if Stephen does
not have time to do so.

I'd like to keep qxw in the archive, given the time spent getting it
reintroduced in time for bookworm following the RFP.

Thanks,
Nick