Dear maintainer(s),

I noticed that package gnumed-client recommends ginkgocadx, ntp and
gtklp, which are currently not available in unstable.

See:

- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ginkgocadx : was removed in 2021
- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntp : was removed in 2022
- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gtklp : was removed in 2025-12

For ntp, a possible solution is to the same that dovecot did:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dovecot/-/commit/812f0ea434b313d25aa9177ec2e1805e42649d5f
: to have "systemd-timesyncd | time-daemon". See
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1118232 for more
information.

Would it make sense to remove or update them?

Thank you for your time,

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Thanks for reporting.

ginkgocadx should be demoted to Suggests:

:-(   Is anyone aware of a functional equivalent (a
standalone tool that can be told: "print this file" for a
suitable range of file types) ?

kprinter is long gone, too....

That looks right. The change does serve the purpose --
help ensure proper time on the system.

Regards,
Karsten

Hello,
purpose?

For Debian Policy: yes, Suggests can refer to packages that are not in
Debian. Does this package exist elsewhere outside Debian that is useful
to have it in Suggests? Or some other reason? I'm curious.

I just installed gtklp. I didn't know of it, and I don't know of any
alternative, sadly :-( I had a quick search an no luck.

Excellent,

Am Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 10:00:15PM +0100 schrieb Carles Pina i Estany:

Not that I know.

There's a nostalgic idea about making people aware of that
application. But, yes, it is not installable on current
Debian versions so removal is the rational course of action.

Feel free to implement that change.

Karsten