#1118907 planner: unnecessary Build-Depends on deprecated libgirepository1.0-dev

Package:
src:planner
Source:
src:planner
Submitter:
Simon McVittie
Date:
2026-08-19 13:23:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1118907#5
Date:
2025-10-25 14:48:37 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.

From a quick look at its packaging I'm not sure that planner
actually uses GObject-Introspection, so maybe this dependency is
unnecessary and can just be removed?

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

#1118907#12
Date:
2026-08-19 13:21:11 UTC
From:
To:
Control: retitle -1 planner: unnecessary Build-Depends on deprecated libgirepository1.0-dev
Control: tags -1 + patch
Control: severity -1 important

Yes, that. Please consider
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian/planner/-/merge_requests/1>.

Thanks,
     smcv