[Pkg-pascal-devel] lazarus is marked for autoremoval from testing

[Paul Gevers]

Hi Abou,

On 01-01-2023 14:32, Abou Al Montacir wrote:
>> /Yes, we had discussed it a bit in #967798, it is an issue in Lazarus: 
>> fp-units-gtk2-3.2.0 used to have the libgtk2.0-dev dependency, but 
>> fp-units-gtk2-3.2.2 doesn't any more, *but it should*, it shouldn't be 
>> up to users of the gtk2 unit to know which C dependency it should take./
>>
>> I disagree (in my ignorance). If Lazarus has a dependency (and it 
>> does) on libgtk2.0-dev then its Lazarus that should be marked as 
>> having that dependency, not FPC.
>>
> Agree

As (one of) the core maintainer(s), the right course of action for you 
would be to (at least) downgrade the RC bug that's causing the autoremoval.

 From https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities:
serious
     is a severe violation of Debian policy (roughly, it violates a 
"must" or "required" directive), or, in the package maintainer's or 
release manager's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for release.

Which means that if it's not a policy violation (which David and you 
agree on), it's your call.

Paul
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