[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#976697: webext-umatrix: no longer developed upstream, remove or switch to LibreMatrix or?

[Paul Wise]

Package: webext-umatrix
Version: 1.4.0+dfsg-1
Severity: seriousX-Debbugs-CC: Ximin Luo <infinity0 at debian.org>

uMatrix is no longer developed upstream:

   https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
   
   This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only.

This was discussed on Hacker News at the time:

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24532973

The upstream author has stated they no longer have time for it:

   https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291#issuecomment-694988696
   
   I've archived uMatrix's repo, I can't and won't be spending any more
   time on this project, and neither on all such issues.

I think that uMatrix now isn't suitable to ship in bullseye.

These are the options for solving this issue:

uMatrix could be removed in favour of uBlock Origin's advanced mode.

uMatrix could be removed and LibreMatrix packaged, I think this is a
community fork so it should be a drop-in replacement.

   https://www.librematrix.com/
   https://github.com/LibreMatrix/LibreMatrix

Something else?

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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