Re: fbreader removal

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> writes:

> On 28.10.2019 22:20, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 10:58:11PM +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>>> I intend to remove fbreader as:
>>>
>>>  - it is declared dead by upstream
>>> https://github.com/geometer/FBReader/pull/311#issuecomment-464645803
>>>
>>>  - qt4 dependency
>>>  - gtk mode doesn't build
>>>  - broken with at least modern curl
>>>  - incompatible on NetBSD-current with POSIX iconv(3)
>>>  - last accepted pull requests wre in 2016
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> Please don't remove fbreader. I very recently fixed it due to an
>> actual-user report. I am more than happy to do it again.
>> 
>
> Please integrate qt5 patch (from ArchLinux):
>
> https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/qt5.patch?h=fbreader-qt5

If Maya wants to do that, fine.  But with even a single objection,
removals are stopped.

I would say that the threshold for objecting to a removal is much lower
when the removal is motivated by the qt4 purge, which is at least
somewhat irregular compared to pkgsrc norms.