- Package:
- src:ruby-gir-ffi
- Source:
- src:ruby-gir-ffi
- Submitter:
- Simon McVittie
- Date:
- 2026-08-20 00:03:01 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
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. ruby-gir-ffi seems to be a language binding that uses libgirepository-1.0, so probably it should use libgirepository-1.0-dev (or libgirepository-2.0-dev) as its replacement. 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/ruby-team/ruby-gir-ffi/-/merge_requests/1>
which also cleans up some other large/unnecessary Build-Depends.
Thanks,
smcv