Debian Bug report logs - #1123885
RM: vmfs-tools -- RoQA; rc-buggy, unmaintained

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: vmfs-tools: Should vmfs-tools be removed from unstable?

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:45:51 +0100

Source: vmfs-tools
Version: 0.2.5-1.1
Severity: serious
Justification: Grab attention of maintainer
X-Debbugs-Cc: Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>, 1084476@bugs.debian.org, zeha@debian.org, 1078610@bugs.debian.org, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage@tracker.debian.org>

Dear Mike,

I suggest removing vmfs-tools from Debian for the following reasons:

 * It accumulated one RC-bug:
   #1084476 vmfs-tools: move from fuse to fuse3
   and due to this it will be removed from testing at end of the year.
 * vmfs6-tools was removed from Debian for similar reasons (#1120780)
 * The package seems to be orphaned upstream and solving the bug
   by porting to fuse3 seems quite some effort.

This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be
reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package.

In case the package should be kept in unstable, please evaluate each of the
RC-bugs listed above.
 * If the bug no longer applies, please close it. If it is closed, check
   whether the fixed version is correct and adjust if necessary.

 * Is the bug really release-critical? If not, please downgrade.

 * If the bug still applies, please send a status update at least once a year.

Once the mentioned RC bugs has been acted upon in one way or another,
please close this bug.

In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this
bug report:

    Control: severity -1 normal
    Control: retitle -1 RM: vmfs-tools -- RoM; rc-buggy, unmaintained
    Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
    Control: affects -1 + src:vmfs-tools

Alternatively, you may wait a month and have it reassigned.

In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug.

    Control: tags -1 + wontfix

Doing so will also prevent automatic reassignment.

This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which.
aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through
the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating
packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar
with a consistent Git-based workflow.


Kind regards

     Andreas.

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.17.8+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory
UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Message #12 received at 1123885@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>

To: 1123885@bugs.debian.org, Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage@tracker.debian.org>, zeha@debian.org

Subject: Turning pre-removal bug of vmfs-tools into QA removal request

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:30:33 +0100

Control: severity -1 normal
Control: retitle -1 RM: vmfs-tools -- RoQA; rc-buggy, unmaintained
Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:vmfs-tools
Thanks

As per pre-removal bug I'm hereby turning this into RoQA.

Kind regards
   Andreas.

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