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To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: ruby-gir-ffi: depends on non-multiarch-friendly
libgirepository1.0-dev
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:06:18 +0100
Source: ruby-gir-ffi
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.
ruby-gir-ffi seems to be a language binding that uses libgirepository-1.0,
so probably it should use libgirepository-1.0-dev (or
libgirepository-2.0-dev) as its replacement.
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 1118918 blocks 1117130
Request was from Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
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