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.

mate-panel 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

Control: tags -1 + patch

Please consider
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/mate-panel/-/merge_requests/2>
to integrate the NMU that was already done in 2025, followed by
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/mate-panel/-/merge_requests/3>
to update the GObject-Introspection handling and close this bug.

Thanks,
     smcv

Hello,

Bug #1118897 in mate-panel reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/mate-panel/-/commit/2582b048df624e6ec325eebac8235d80b1920b35
------------------------------------------------------------------------
d/control: Replace obsolete B-D libgirepository1.0-dev

Closes: #1118897
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1118897

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mate-panel, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1118897@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org> (supplier of updated mate-panel package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:07:33 +0200
Source: mate-panel
Architecture: source
Version: 1.27.1-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team <debian-mate@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org>
Closes: 1118897
Changes:
 mate-panel (1.27.1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Simon McVittie ]
   * d/control: Build-Depend on required GIR XML by its systematic names.
     As diagnosed by warnings from dh_girepository during build.
   * d/control: Add ${gir:Depends} to -dev package
   * d/control: Add ${gir:Provides} to -dev package
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