Debian Bug report logs - #1118908
playerctl: depends on non-multiarch-friendly libgirepository1.0-dev

Package: src:playerctl; Maintainer for src:playerctl is Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>;

Reported by: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:51:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: forky, sid

Blocking fix for 1117130: libgirepository1.0-dev: non-multiarch libgirepository1.0-dev package should be removed

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org> (src:playerctl for {1118908}):
Bug#1118908; Package src:playerctl. (Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:51:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: playerctl: depends on non-multiarch-friendly libgirepository1.0-dev
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:49:02 +0100
Source: playerctl
Severity: normal
Tags: forky sid
User: pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: libgirepository1.0-dev
Control: block 1117130 by -1

As announced in [MBF] and [#1117130] the GNOME team would like to remove 
libgirepository1.0-dev during the forky cycle. According to dak, this 
source package contains a Depends or Build-Depends on 
libgirepository1.0-dev which blocks its removal.

The README.Debian for libgirepository1.0-dev [README] provides advice on 
how to choose an appropriate replacement for libgirepository1.0-dev, and 
will be updated if new information becomes available.

playerctl seems to follow the typical pattern for a package that has a 
public C/C++ library with GObject-Introspection bindings, so it can 
probably follow the same conversion steps as other libraries like 
libmanette: 
<https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/libmanette/-/merge_requests/6>.

References:
[README]:
    https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gobject-introspection/-/blob/HEAD/debian/libgirepository1.0-dev.README.Debian
    file:///usr/share/doc/libgirepository1.0-dev/README.Debian.gz
[#1117130]:
    https://bugs.debian.org/1117130
[MBF]:
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/08/msg00150.html

Thanks,
    smcv



Added indication that bug 1118908 blocks 1117130 Request was from Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> to submit@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:51:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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