Bug#1139257: autoremoval box does not explain removal

Sebastian Ramacher <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Jun 2026 21:00:54 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.quality-assurance
Message-ID <aiW_5hX7ilPMwa06__10903.9910299302$1780859015$gmane$org@ramacher.at>
On 2026-06-07 20:39:08 +0200, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Package: tracker.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> 
> The tracker page for fenics-dolfinx at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fenics-dolfinx
> currently includes an autoremoval box in "action needed" reporting that fenics-dolfinx
> is Marked for autoremoval due to getfem.
> 
> But the provided reason is not sufficient for taking any action (beyond fixing getfem itself,
> which is not always practical).
> 
> fenics-dolfinx does not depend on getfem,
> and no package that fenics-dolfinx depends on depends on getfem.

This is not the case. fenics-dolfinx build depends on python3-gmsh built
by gmsh which build depends on getfem. So fenics-dolfinx transitively
depends on getfem.

Cheers