Bug#1077935: src:gnutls28: <!nocheck> Build-Depends on datefudge which FTBFS and is removed from testing

[Paul Gevers]

Source: gnutls28
Version: 3.8.6-2
Severity: important
Tags: sid trixie
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: edos-uninstallable

Dear maintainer(s),

gnutls28 has a <!nocheck> build dependency on datefudge, but since April 
2024 datefudge has an RC bug because if FTBFS. There is no activity on 
that bug report and datefudge has been removed from testing.

I rebuild gnutls28 twice, as-is and with datefudge removed from the 
build dependencies, and used diffoscope to check that the binaries 
remain the same. So, it's possible to drop the dependency without too 
much impact (I assume some tests will be skipped). Can you please help 
the maintainer of datefudge to fix it or drop the dependency until 
datefudge is fixed?

I have rated this bug as severity important for now because technically 
gnutls28 now FTBFS in testing, but it's trivial to work around and it's 
the result of a balancing act described at [1]. When we get closer to 
the freeze, this issue will become RC.

Paul

[1] https://release.debian.org/key-packages.html
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