On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 08:27:49PM +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 03:14:07PM -0400, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > I am undecided whether or not this package should be included in Debian > > 10 (aka buster). It clearly is useful to many people, but its long-term > > maintenance is unclear. > > keepassxc is also going to be in Debian 10 (unless something happens to > prevent it), so if the maintenance story is better there, I don't think > there's a use-case for keepassx that is not fulfilled by keepassxc I'd > lean towards dropping keepassx for Buster and possibly even using > package metadata in keepassxc and compat symlinks for a smooth > transition. > As a long-time user of keepassx, though not familiar with Qt and so not really able to help with the maintenance aspect, I would very much like to see the release of Buster have either a well-supported keepassx or a smooth transition to a suitable alternative. If for some reason a direct transition with symlinks and all is not possible, then at least a mention in the release notes (perhaps with instructions on how to manually migrate before and/or after upgrade).
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
