#1147031 keep golang-github-twin-logr out of forky/testing and consider removal

#1147031#5
Date:
2026-09-07 07:38:44 UTC
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This package was last uploaded on 2026-08-31 with upstream code (orig.tar)
from 2025-05-17.  It has no reverse dependencies in Debian testing, see
dak output at the end of this e-mail.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-github-twin-logr

Having golang-*-dev packages in testing, and consequently the next
stable release, has a QA cost.  These packages normally have no use
for Debian users, but are intended for building other Debian packages
that rely on them.  No package in Debian testing rely on this package.

This bug is filed to trigger discussion if the package is still useful
to keep in Debian testing, and also (when no discussion occurs after
one month) trigger testing autoremoval of the package.

Please don't take this as disrespect of the amount of work that went
into the upstream code, or its packaging -- this bug report is part of
a QA effort to remove 100+ unused golang-*-dev packages.  The QA cost
associated with keeping all the packages in testing is assumed to be
larger than the cost to (hopefully rarely) have some discussion,
re-evaluation and closing of this bug report, if there is ever any
reasonable need to keep this package in testing.

If you discover this bug report when doing QA work on this package,
please consider avoid doing any QA upload, and instead evaluate if the
package still has any use in Debian, and consider re-assigning this to
a ftp-master RM bug to finally trigger removal of it.

/Simon

ssh mirror.ftp-master.debian.org dak rm -Rn -s=testing golang-github-twin-logr
Will remove the following packages from testing:

golang-github-twin-logr |    0.3.1-4 | source
golang-github-twin-logr-dev |    0.3.1-4 | all

Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
------------------- Reason -------------------
---------------------------------------------- Checking reverse dependencies... No dependency problem found.
#1147031#10
Date:
2026-09-07 11:04:04 UTC
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Hi Simon,

thanks for the initiative - this package is needed for getting gatus in
(it requires additional node-* packages which we're currently working
on). So this package needs to stay.

Regards,
Daniel

#1147031#15
Date:
2026-09-07 12:14:48 UTC
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Thanks for triaging these - and sorry for the noise!

(If for some reason the packages you work on won't make it into forky,
please consider re-opening these, or somehow trigger forky/testing
removal, to reduce the number of zombies shipped in forky...)

/Simon

mån 2026-09-07 klockan 13:04 +0200 skrev Daniel Baumann:

#1147031#20
Date:
2026-09-07 12:20:55 UTC
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On 9/7/26 14:14, Simon Josefsson wrote:
 > Thanks for triaging these - and sorry for the noise!

no worries, and I appreciate the initiative a lot, thanks for that!

 > (If for some reason the packages you work on won't make it into forky,
 > please consider re-opening these, or somehow trigger forky/testing
 > removal, to reduce the number of zombies shipped in forky...)

I will - if beszel and/or gatus (for both, all the golang stuff is in
Debian now, some node-* are in need of packaging) don't make it, I'll
ask for all of the "zombie" golang-* to be removed from testing in time
for forky.

Regards,
Daniel

#1147031#25
Date:
2026-09-07 12:26:19 UTC
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mån 2026-09-07 klockan 14:20 +0200 skrev Daniel Baumann:

Thanks!  The packages will remain on
https://go-team.pages.debian.net/infra/golang-qa-find-zombies/index.html
as long they fulfil the criteria, though, and this discussion will be
accessible from the bug# links for future consideration.  So even if
you forget, chances are that someone may triage these when the release
is getting closer...

/Simon