The golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml package contains unmaintained
upstream code.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml

The upstream project was archived in 2022:

https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go-xml
https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-go-xml

   [ARCHIVED] Legacy Go struct binding for libvirt XML schemas, no Go
   module support. All future development happens in
   libvirt-go-xml-module which has Go module support and is API
   compatible with this legacy package.

There is one reverse dependency in Debian is 'mgmt' but it already has a
FTBFS bug and the B-D dependency is obsolete: the go.mod file already
indicate upstream moved to the new package and that package is part of
debian/control Build-Depends.  Removing
golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml won't make things worse in
unstable, but will make things better since we don't have to worry about
that obsolete package any more.

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-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml
Will remove the following packages from unstable:

golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml |    7.4.0-3 | source
golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml-dev |    7.4.0-3 | all

Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <team+pkg-go@tracker.debian.org>
------------------- Reason -------------------

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Checking reverse dependencies...
# Broken Build-Depends:
mgmt: golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml-dev

Dependency problem found.

jas@frallan:~$

Hi Simon,

there is a reverse dependency that needs to be taken care of:


Checking reverse dependencies...
# Broken Build-Depends:
mgmt: golang-github-libvirt-libvirt-go-xml-dev


In case it matters, this needs to be addressed first. Please remove the
moreinfo tag once that is done.

   Thorsten