[pkg-lua-devel] Bug#1050640: lua5.2: remove as soon as all reverse dependencies are gone

[Sebastian Ramacher]

On 2023-08-27 13:20:52 +0200, Bastian Germann wrote:
> Source: lua5.2
> Severity: wishlist
> Control: block -1 by 1050599 1050598 1050597 1050596 1050540 1050543 1050624 1050625 1050626 1050627
> Control: block -1 by 1050628 1050629 1050630 1050631 1050632 1050633 1050634 1050635 1050636 1050637
> 
> The last lua5.2 release was on 07 Mar 2015. As upstream will not release any
> other version, we should get lua5.2 out of Debian as the least-used lua
> version that is still in the archive. I have filed "low-hanging fruit" bugs
> for the packages that support other lua versions as well and have blocked
> this issue on them.
> 
> The packages that need more investigation are:
> dnsmasq
> kyua
> lutok
> lcm
> qosmic
> tolua
> uwsgi
> 
> The rest of the reverse dependencies are depending on "lua5.2 | lua5.x" (OR depends), so they should not be a problem.

This is incorrect. Any package depending on lua5.2 as first alternative
is instantly RC-buggy after the removal of lua5.2 due to Debian policy
2.2.1 which requires that the first alternative always must be
satisfiable with packages from main.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher