Re: djgpp packages could be dropped severely outdated

On 25/08/2025 00:07, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> Only depend on each other:
> 
> $ cygcheck-dep -cNqS djgpp-{gcc-core,binutils,runtime}
>   djgpp-gcc-core: is recursively needed for ( djgpp-gcc-ada djgpp-gcc- 
> fortran djgpp-gcc-g++ djgpp-gcc-objc djgpp-gcc-objc++ )
>   djgpp-binutils: is recursively needed for ( djgpp-gcc-ada djgpp-gcc- 
> core djgpp-gcc-fortran djgpp-gcc-g++ djgpp-gcc-objc djgpp-gcc-objc++ )
>   djgpp-runtime: is recursively needed for ( djgpp-gcc-ada djgpp-gcc- 
> core djgpp-gcc-fortran djgpp-gcc-g++ djgpp-gcc-objc djgpp-gcc-objc++ )
> 
> $ cygcheck -p 'djgpp-\(gcc-core\|binutils\|runtime\)'
> Found 7 matches for djgpp-\(gcc-core\|binutils\|runtime\)
> djgpp-binutils-2.25-2-src - djgpp-binutils-src: Binutils for DJGPP 
> toolchain (source)
> djgpp-runtime-2.05-1-src - djgpp-runtime-src: DJGPP toolchain C runtime 
> (source)
> djgpp-binutils-debuginfo-2.25-2 - djgpp-binutils-debuginfo: Debug info 
> for djgpp-binutils
> djgpp-binutils-2.25-2 - djgpp-binutils: Binutils for DJGPP toolchain
> djgpp-gcc-core-5.3.0-1 - djgpp-gcc-core: GCC for DJGPP toolchain (C)
> djgpp-gcc-core-5.4.0-1 - djgpp-gcc-core: GCC for DJGPP toolchain (C)
> djgpp-runtime-2.05-1 - djgpp-runtime: DJGPP toolchain C runtime
> 
> Current actual djgpp versions are 2.35.1 binutils and gcc 14.2; see:
> 
>      https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/?C=M;O=D

Yeah, I agreed last time [1] :S.


Feel free to vault the packages and remove it from the package list.

(I try to remember to also check that the packaging git repo history is 
up to date before doing those steps, as well)


More generally, perhaps we need to clarify the policy on removing 
unmaintained packages from a vague "may be pulled" in [2].

How about: packages which are
* unmaintained
* and, out of date (version is less than current upstream version)
* and, aren't in the Base category or a dependency of something in the 
Base category
* and, more than X years old
will be removed.


The report at [3] might help determine the impact of various values for X.


[1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2023-September/043147.html
[2] https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html
[3] https://cygwin.com/packages/reports/unmaintained.html