Bug#972887: libgstreamer1-perl: Deprecated upstream

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Intrigeri,

On  So 25 Okt 2020 21:04:43 CET, intrigeri wrote:

> Source: libgstreamer1-perl
> Severity: serious
> X-Debbugs-Cc: Mike Gabriel <sunweaver at debian.org>
> User: debian-perl at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: rm-candidate
>
> Hi,
>
> upstream announced¹ that the GStreamer Perl module would be deprecated
> and archived in December 2020:
>
>  - The module will no longer be updated with security patches, bug
>    fixes, or when changes are made in the Perl ABI.
>
>  - It will no longer be possible to submit new issues or pull requests
>    for these modules, or push new changes to their Git repos.
>
> Therefore, I don't think we should ship this package in Bullseye.
>
> Any objection to removing the package from testing & sid?
>
> This is a leaf package and popcon is 4/19 (vote/inst).
>
> [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-perl-list/2020-October/msg00002.html

I don't think that libgstreamer1-perl as found in Debian is the one  
provided by GNOME/Gtk / referenced in the given URL / deprecation  
announcement.

Nonetheless, the upstream for libgstreamer1-perl has also been quite  
inactive over the past years. I will ping Perl people that I know if  
they are interested in taking over upstream maintenance.

However, I think the above reasoning is wrong / based on wrong  
upstream reference. Please check.

Mike
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