block 1073005 by 1073203 thanks Hi,
Thanks for raising this to our attention. [...] > - libb64 has been unmaintained since 2013 > https://sourceforge.net/p/libb64/git/commit_browser > - libb64 has several open bugs, some of which have security implications > https://sourceforge.net/p/libb64/bugs/ > - libb64 is missing a pkgconfig file which is a relatively simple > standard way for other software to use libb64 > https://launchpad.net/bugs/1534293 > - The Debian packaging is not using simple dh rules. The packaging > seems to otherwise be fairly modern but it's more complicated than > typical Debian packages. > https://salsa.debian.org/alteholz/libb64/-/blob/master/debian/rules Regarding those valid points, because there is not reason to have the same source in multiple packages, there are only 2 paths compliant with the Debian policy: 1) Fix those points in src:libb64 for transmission and all rdepends 2) Remove src:libb64 from Debian and then vendor in transmission source I'll try to move towards 1) and see how it goes. So for now, this is a wontfix because against DFSG. Thanks, Alex
