Bug#889265: RM: golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer -- ROTeamM; unmaintained and unused

Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:21:47 +0200

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reassign 889265 ftp.debian.org
severity 889265 normal
affects 889265 + src:golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer
retitle 889265 RM: golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer -- ROTeamM; unmaintained and unused
user [email protected]
usertags 889265 remove
thanks

The golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer package ships upstream
code from 2014.  It has no reverse dependencies in Debian.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer

The upstream project had its last git commit ~6 years ago:

https://github.com/blevesearch/go-porterstemmer

This removal request is part of a larger batch to remove 100+ unused
golang-*-dev packages from Debian.  I believe the QA cost associated
with keeping all of them is larger than the cost of (hopefully extremely
rare) re-introduction of any accidentally removed package if there is
ever any future need for it.  Meanwhile, I don't think it is useful to
keep this package in Debian.

/Simon

jas@frallan:~$ ssh mirror.ftp-master.debian.org dak rm -Rn golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer
Will remove the following packages from unstable:

golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer | 1.0.1+git20141230.9.23a2c8e-7 | source
golang-github-blevesearch-go-porterstemmer-dev | 1.0.1+git20141230.9.23a2c8e-7 | all

Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[email protected]>

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Checking reverse dependencies...
No dependency problem found.

jas@frallan:~$

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