[pkg-go] Bug#1053799: golang-github-libgit2-git2go: no upstream support for latest libgit2

[Shengjing Zhu]

On Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 4:45 AM Timo Röhling <roehling at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Mohammed, Pirate,
>
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:39:42 +0200 =?utf-8?q?Timo_R=C3=B6hling?=
> <roehling at debian.org> wrote:
> > Source: golang-github-libgit2-git2go
> > Version: 34.0.0-4
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: upstream
> >
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> > Hash: SHA512
> >
> > Dear maintainer,
> >
> > the Go bindings for libgit2 are out of date with respect to libgit2,
> > which blocks the planned transition of libgit2 1.7.
> >
> > I think the Go bindings either need to be updated to work with libgit
> > 1.7 or removed from Debian for lack of upstream support.
> >
> Can you comment on this?
>

git2go is packaged for building gitaly. gitaly upstream has dropped
the git2go dependency.
Ref: https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/9092

So IMO you can start libgit2 transition, and bump this bug's severity.

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Shengjing Zhu