libept was rejected on my request. We discussed the technical reasons on Matrix for this removal. Since the technical board is still here, I want to make a point of this:
These removal bugs need to show the technical reasons. The initial description points to "obsolete and unmaintained and not really necessary" which can be seen as an opinion. It's not made clear that functionality it provides for Synaptic depends on libept, which was removed for a plethora of reasons that were discussed. However, this reads like I should already know these reasons when I'm completely out of that loop. As the Ubuntu Studio lead, I either need to be 1) in that loop, or 2) this needs to be spelled-out in the removal bug report. The latter is probably easier. In the future, we need to make sure this is adequately described and communicated, which avoids conflict. Simply taking the time to describe the technical details verbosely is what needs to happen in the future with these kinds of requests. I point an example by Simon Quigley (LP: #2100639) for how we should be communicating in these removals. Therefore, I implore the Technical Board to make adequate communication and documentation a policy for removal bugs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to ubuntustudio-meta in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: UbuntuStudioPackages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2103528 Title: Remove apt-xapian-index Status in apt-xapian-index package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-kylin-software-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in ubuntustudio-meta package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: apt-xapian-index is obsolete and unmaintained and not really necessary. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/2103528/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
