Bug#912860: Bug#933548: transition: gnome-desktop3

[Paul Gevers]

Hi,

On 03-10-2019 09:39, intrigeri wrote:
> FWIW, libgtk2-perl is going away in Bullseye; most of its
> reverse-dependencies were either ported to GTK 3, or not shipped in
> Buster thanks to RC bugs I had filed, or removed from the archive.
> What's left is tracked there:
> 
>  - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=912860
>  - https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?tag=gtk2-removal&user=debian-perl%40lists.debian.org
> 
> The only reason why this set of packages was not automatically removed
> from testing yet is that libgtk2-perl is still on the list of key
> packages, because it's installed on many machines ("popcon").
> I believe this is explained by historical reasons that are invalid
> nowadays: this package used to have major reverse dependencies.
> 
> So, if it helps make the GNOME 3.34 transitions smoother, IMO it would
> be fine to remove libgtk2-perl and its reverse-dependencies from
> testing. Some might see this as a heavy hammer approach, but this was
> announced a year ago to all affected maintainers; either way, it will
> happen during the Bullseye cycle, eventually.

According to dak there are no reverse dependencies in testing, so I have
added a removal hint.

Paul

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