On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> wrote: > Hi, > > In continuation of [1], there is the next round of deprecated debhelper > features that I would like to remove from debhelper. > > * dh_desktop - 24 packages remaining > * No compat file - 119 packages remaining > - Due to #811059 and #805405 > * compat 4 - 402 packages remaining > > > In total 489 /unique/ packages will be affected by this removal (some > packages are affected by more than one deprecation). > > * Deadline for comments on this: 9th of March > - My deadlines below assumes I will be doing the mass bug filing > on (or shortly after) the 9th of March.
Could we raise the tag during mass bug filling to error ? Bastien > > * Please see the attached "dd-list-20160224" to see if your packages > are affected by one or more of the listed deprecations. > > * I have attached the templates I intend to use for the mass bug > filing. > > * All data is based on lintian tags[2][3][4]. > - I used codesearch to check for usages of "DH_COMPAT=4 dh_foo", > but I did not find any uses of that pattern. > > > Deadlines > ========= > > I envisioned the following deadlines for these removals: > > * dh_desktop: 1st of April (3 weeks from the bug filing) > * No compat file: 15th of April (5 weeks from the bug filing) > * compat 4: 15th of June (~3 months from the bug filing) > > Thanks, > ~Niels > > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00257.html > > [2] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/dh_desktop-is-deprecated.html > > [3] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/debhelper-compat-file-is-missing.html > > [4] > https://lintian.debian.org/tags/package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version.html > > Note this includes packages that have not been updated and still declare > compat 1, 2 and 3. These are already RC buggy and have been removed > from my count above. >
