Bug#935868: liblog-dispatch-perl-perl: Abandoned upstream ⇒ consider removing from Debian

[intrigeri]

Hi,

The only reverse (build-)dependency in the archive is that
Log::Dispatch::Perl is used by RT (src:request-tracker4)'s test suite.
The use case looks entirely legitimate to me and I could not easily
find a suitable replacement.

This module was removed from CPAN but it can be found on BackPAN:

  https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/E/EL/ELIZABETH/
  https://metacpan.org/release/ELIZABETH/Log-Dispatch-Perl-0.04

This module has a total of 111 SLOC, which appear to have worked just
fine since the last upstream release (2012).

The RT queue currently has 1 feature request 

  https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Name=Log-Dispatch-Perl

The maintenance cost on our side seems limited to keeping the
packaging up-to-date with current Debian best practices.

My current thinking is that it's OK to keep this package in the
archive, at least until it breaks with a new perl or Log-Dispatch
release (which seems unlikely to me).

What do others think?

If we agree to keep it:

 - I would drop the rm-candidate usertag.

 - I'm not sure what to do about the Homepage control field and
   debian/watch: shall we remove debian/watch and point the Homepage
   to BackPAN?

Finally, I've poked Karen Etheridge, who offered to take over the
module upstream in 2013 (!), on
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=77369

Cheers!