Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: ninix-kagari@packages.debian.org, debian-s390@lists.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:ninix-kagari
Control: block 1148038 by -1
User: ftp.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: remove
User: debian-s390@lists.debian.org
Usertags: s390x

WebKitGTK can no longer work on big-endian architectures as a result of an
upstream move from Cairo to Skia, as announced in
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/09/msg00139.html> and
#1148038. The latest WebKitGTK security advisory lists around 200 CVEs,
so it seems dangerous to hold it back to an older version for longer
than is strictly necessary.

ninix-kagari is a desktop mascot (toy) that Depends on ruby-gtk4, which
is part of ruby-gnome, which is one of the packages blocking the new
webkit2gtk version. I find it very difficult to imagine that anyone is
genuinely running this program on a room-sized IBM mainframe, so I
suggest that we remove it from s390x in order to simplify the dependency
graph and clear the way for potential removal of ruby-gnome.

It is a leaf package:
...

and is already not present in testing as a result of #1141018.

Thanks,
    smcv

We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:

ninix-kagari |    2.6.0-2 | s390x

------------------- Reason -------------------
RoQA; depends on webkit2gtk which no longer supports big-endian
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