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.

playerctl 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

Hello,

Bug #1118908 in playerctl 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/multimedia-team/playerctl/-/commit/373bf8284280126049fab23ddd0f7af2ad6e6d7e
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d/control: Replace B-D on libgirepository1.0-dev with gir1.2-*-dev (Closes: #1118908)

(see https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/libmanette/-/merge_requests/6
for basis)
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(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1118908

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
playerctl, 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 1118908@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Nick Morrott <nickm@debian.org> (supplier of updated playerctl 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: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:59:40 +0100
Source: playerctl
Architecture: source
Version: 2.4.1-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Nick Morrott <nickm@debian.org>
Closes: 1117103 1118908 1126394
Changes:
 playerctl (2.4.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Helmut Grohne ]
   * Skip gtk-doc in arch-only build. (Closes: #1126394)
   * Stop passing a --cross-file, no longer needed with recent meson.
 .
   [ Nick Morrott ]
   * d/control:
     - Declare compliance with Debian Policy 4.7.4
     - Drop obsolete Priority and Rules-Requires-Root fields
     - Bump debhelper compatibility level to 14
     - Replace B-D on libgirepository1.0-dev with gir1.2-*-dev
       (Closes: #1118908)
   * d/copyright:
     - Bump years of Debian copyright
   * d/patches:
     - Replace use of dbus-launch with dbus-daemon in tests
       (Closes: #1117103)
     - Add patch fix-incorrect-use-of-g_error
     - Add patch check-if-msg-body-is-null
     - Add patch add-playerinstance-var-to-manpage
     - Add patch update-README-for-player-prefixes
     - Add patch remove-links-to-dubstepdish-dot-com
   * d/salsa-ci.yml:
     - Add latest Salsa CI configuration
   * d/watch:
     - Migrate to version 5 watch file format
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