Re: fbreader removal

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

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

> On 29.10.2019 13:15, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>
> In the worst case I will try to debug it myself again and switch to qt5.

You should make sure that the users of the package are ok with this.   I
will say again that the point of pkgsrc is for users to use, and there
are reasons people choose to use software that is not maintained.  I
realize you wish they wouldn't, but we must be careful not to cross into
taking things away from people because others don't like what they
choose to run.