Bug#788128: libfile-scan-perl: most probably outdated, should be removed?

[Christoph Martin]

Hi Niko,

Am 08.06.2015 um 23:00 schrieb Niko Tyni:
> Package: libfile-scan-perl
> Version: 1.43-2
> Severity: serious
> X-Debbugs-Cc: mimedefang at packages.debian.org
> 
> This module was last updated upstream in 2005. For a module that deals
> with virus scanning, that seems like a very long time. Is there
> any reason to keep this package around, or should we rather
> have it removed?
> 
> The only reverse dependency is mimedefang, which Suggests and
> Build-Depends on libfile-scan-perl.  I'm cc'ing the maintainer. 
> Christoph, do you think we should keep libfile-scan-perl?
> 

I asked upstream:

>> Does mimedefang really need File::Scan? Is it needed for virus
>> scanning?
> 
> No, it isn't needed.  We were going to put all the virus-scanning code
> in a reusable Perl module called File::Scan, but the person who
> was maintaining it left the company and (alas) I've let it languish.
> So you can remove it as a dependency for MIMEDefang.

So the answer is, yes we can drop libfile-scan-perl.

Christoph
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