#1145388 RM: golang-github-twstrike-otr3 -- ROTeamM; unmaintained and unused

#1145388#5
Date:
2026-08-24 14:07:34 UTC
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The golang-github-twstrike-otr3 package ships upstream code from 2016,
and appears unmaintained.  It has no reverse dependencies in Debian.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-github-twstrike-otr3

The upstream project IS active, however it has changed name in the
go.mod import file, and thus according to Debian Go Team policy should
be packaged under a separate source package name:

https://github.com/coyim/otr3

This removal request is part of a larger batch to remove 100+ unused
golang-*-dev packages from Debian.  I believe the QA cost associated
with keeping all of them is larger than the cost of (hopefully extremely
rare) re-introduction of any accidentally removed package if there is
ever any future need for it.  Meanwhile, I don't think it is useful to
keep this package in Debian.

/Simon

jas@frallan:~$ ssh mirror.ftp-master.debian.org dak rm -Rn golang-github-twstrike-otr3
Will remove the following packages from unstable:

golang-github-twstrike-otr3 | 0.0~git20161015.0.744856d-3.1 | source
golang-github-twstrike-otr3-dev | 0.0~git20161015.0.744856d-3.1 | all

Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <pkg-go-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
------------------- Reason -------------------
---------------------------------------------- Checking reverse dependencies... No dependency problem found. jas@frallan:~$
#1145388#12
Date:
2026-08-26 10:12:49 UTC
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We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:

golang-github-twstrike-otr3 | 0.0~git20161015.0.744856d-3.1 | source
golang-github-twstrike-otr3-dev | 0.0~git20161015.0.744856d-3.1 | all
------------------- Reason ------------------- ROTeamM; unmaintained and unused ---------------------------------------------- Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug. The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references it). Please also remember that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is really needed, please contact them if this should be the case. We try to close bugs which have been reported against this package automatically. But please check all old bugs, if they were closed correctly or should have been re-assigned to another package. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 1145388@bugs.debian.org. The full log for this bug can be viewed at https://bugs.debian.org/1145388 This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)