Re: About removing libsis-jhdf5-java from unstable

Hi Pierre,

Am Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 07:24:04AM +0200 schrieb Pierre Gruet:
> I would like to remove libsis-jhdf5-java from unstable. To be accurate, it
> is rather a proposal by pini in the bug log
> 	https://bugs.debian.org/1078968
> which is about libsis-jhdf5-java blocking the upcoming auto-hdf5 transition.
> pini and I looked at it and it seems difficult to see what changes would be
> needed in libsis-jhdf5-java to make it build against hdf5 1.14.x .
> Meanwhile, upstream does not seem to be active anymore, the orig repo is
> unreachable...
> 
> I have reworked the two rdeps of the package, fastqc and megan-ce, so that
> they don't need sis-jhdf5.

The only reason why sis-jhdf5 was packaged was fastqc (possibly later
megan-ce was profitting from it).

> This was done by removing some classes from the
> build. This does not affect their rdeps. fastqc and megan-ce have reached
> testing, so that libsis-jhdf5-java now has no rdep in unstable nor testing.
> 
> If no voice is raised, I will proceed with the removal of libsis-jhdf5-java
> from unstable within a week.

Sounds perfectly fine as long as fastqc and megan-ce are fine and are
passing their tests.
 
> Cc-ing the current other uploaders so that no one misses it.

Thanks for the ping and caring for Debian Med Java packages.

Kind regards
    Andreas.