[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#1023601: libgpgme-dev: removal of gpgme-config breaks the build of software relying on it

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2022-11-08 Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net> wrote:
> On 2022-11-07 13:36:30 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > The removal of gpgme-config due to
> > 
> >   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1022348
> > 
> > breaks the build of software relying on it, such as Mutt:
[...]
> Actually gpgrt-config can be used instead of gpgme-config. But
> this requires changes in existing code, possibly non trivial,
> as now done for Mutt:

>   https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/430

> (not yet in Debian).

> So before gpgme-config gets removed (which is a *recent* upstream
> change), you should make sure that existing code based on it has
> been updated.

Hello Vincent,

Disclaimer: I am not in uploaders of gpg packaging but follow the list.

We were aware that some breakage was to be expected (a little bit late,
though), and will provide help/assistance (quoting Daniel 1023601: "this
might cause knock-on effects for projects that themselves think they
should be dependent on gpgme-config, but i'll try to sort those through
as well.")

I do not think the bug severity is correct. It does not break any binary
packages, i.e. it fits "a bug which has a major effect on the usability
of a package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone." One
might argue that the combination of this gpgme version with unbuildable
packages is not releaseable and up with serious.

cu Andreas
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