#1118818 garcon: depends on non-multiarch-friendly libgirepository1.0-dev

Package:
src:garcon
Source:
src:garcon
Submitter:
Simon McVittie
Date:
2026-08-18 23:33:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1118818#5
Date:
2025-10-25 14:00:26 UTC
From:
To:
As announced in [MBF] and [#1117130] the GNOME team would like to remove
libgirepository1.0-dev during the forky cycle. According to dak, this
source package contains a Depends or Build-Depends on
libgirepository1.0-dev which blocks its removal.

The README.Debian for libgirepository1.0-dev [README] provides advice on
how to choose an appropriate replacement for libgirepository1.0-dev, and
will be updated if new information becomes available.

garcon seems to follow the typical pattern for a package that has a
public C/C++ library with GObject-Introspection bindings, so it can
probably follow the same conversion steps as other libraries like
libmanette:
<https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/libmanette/-/merge_requests/6>.

References:
[README]:
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gobject-introspection/-/blob/HEAD/debian/libgirepository1.0-dev.README.Debian
    file:///usr/share/doc/libgirepository1.0-dev/README.Debian.gz
[#1117130]:
https://bugs.debian.org/1117130
[MBF]:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/08/msg00150.html

Thanks,
    smcv

#1118818#12
Date:
2025-10-27 15:49:29 UTC
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To:
Hey Simon,

if you think you can provide a MR then I'll happily review and merge it. If
not, then I'll take a look when I can (same goes for lightdm and xfconf and
maybe other reverse dependencies).

Regards,

#1118818#17
Date:
2026-08-18 23:30:52 UTC
From:
To:
Control: tags -1 + patch

Unit 193 already fixed most of it, only one change is left. Please
consider:
<https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-team/desktop/garcon/-/merge_requests/4>

Thanks,
     smcv