• Bug#1105858: unagi: Is it time to remove unagi from Debian?

    From Andreas Tille@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 16 11:50:01 2025
    Source: unagi
    Version: 0.3.4-1
    Severity: important
    X-Debbugs-Cc: Arnaud Fontaine <arnau@debian.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage@tracker.debian.org>

    Dear maintainer,

    Your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative
    and I was considering migrating the package to Salsa as well as
    moderinsing the packaging. However, when locking at it I wonder
    whether this time is well spent.

    I wonder whether removing unagi from Debian is more senible since:

    * It is a leaf package.
    * Popcon was always low and is decreasing
    https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=unagi&show_installed=on&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
    * Seems to be obsolete and largely unmaintained upstream
    * Most users today rely on modern compositing managers

    This bug just serves as a basis to discuss the removal of this package.
    It would be great of you could raise your opinion in the next month.

    In case the package should be kept in unstable, please answer
    accordingly.

    In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign
    this bug report:

    Control: severity -1 normal
    Control: retitle -1 RM: unagi -- RoM; orphaned upstream, possibly not useful any more
    Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
    Control: affects -1 + src:unagi

    If you (or some interested user) will not respond I might bump this bug
    to severity serious after Trixie release to raise more awareness and
    will reassigned the bug after a sufficient waiting period.

    In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug.

    Control: tags -1 + wontfix

    This would be some signal for me to spent time into moving the package
    to Salsa in case you might agree with this move.

    As stated earlier your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and
    guide them through the workflow to solve them. The focus of this
    initiative is on migrating packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to familiarize newcomers with a consistent Git-based workflow.


    Kind regards
    Andreas.

    [1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks



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