Please remove obsolete Android packages from Ubuntu

[Jeremy Bícha]

Ubuntu has a few Android-related packages that were never in Debian and are no longer maintained by anyone. Please remove them from Ubuntu disco.

$ reverse-depends src:android-src-vendor
No reverse dependencies found
$ reverse-depends -b src:android-src-vendor
No reverse dependencies found

$ reverse-depends src:android-audiosystem
No reverse dependencies found
$ reverse-depends -b src:android-audiosystem
No reverse dependencies found

$ reverse-depends src:android-headers
No reverse dependencies found
$ reverse-depends -b src:android-headers
Reverse-Build-Depends
=====================
* wpa (for android-headers)

WPA source package would need to first drop:
    - debian/patches/android_hal_fw_path_change.patch: add a DBus method
      for requesting a firmware change when working with the Android HAL;
      this is used to set a device in P2P or AP mode; conditional to
      CONFIG_ANDROID_HAL being enabled.
    - debian/config/wpasupplicant/linux: enable CONFIG_ANDROID_HAL.
    - debian/control: Build-Depends on android-headers to get the required
      wifi headers for the HAL support.

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Would you consider adding src:android to this list as well?

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Will, can you confirm whether these removals are wanted?

[Will Cooke (willcooke)]

+1 to remove.
Checked with folk who know more about the Android side of things, and they're OK for these to get removed as well.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Julian, could you look into dropping the android-headers stuff from the wpa package?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package wpa - 2:2.6-21ubuntu1

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wpa (2:2.6-21ubuntu1) disco; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - debian/patches/wpa_service_ignore-on-isolate.patch: add
      IgnoreOnIsolate=yes so that when switching "runlevels" in oem-config
      will not kill off wpa and cause wireless to be unavailable on first
      boot.
    - debian/patches/session-ticket.patch: disable the TLS Session Ticket
      extension to fix auth with 802.1x PEAP on some hardware.
  * Dropped Android integration (LP: #1734568):
    - debian/patches/android_hal_fw_path_change.patch: add a DBus method
      for requesting a firmware change when working with the Android HAL;
      this is used to set a device in P2P or AP mode; conditional to
      CONFIG_ANDROID_HAL being enabled.
    - debian/config/wpasupplicant/linux: enable CONFIG_ANDROID_HAL.
    - debian/control: Build-Depends on android-headers to get the required
      wifi headers for the HAL support.

wpa (2:2.6-21) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix a typo in the patch.

wpa (2:2.6-20) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Rework the TLSv1.0 patch.

wpa (2:2.6-19) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Ondřej Nový ]
  * d/copyright: Use https protocol in Format field
  * d/changelog: Remove trailing whitespaces

  [ Andrej Shadura ]
  * Re-enable TLSv1.0 and security level 1 for wpasupplicant.
    (Closes: #907518, #911297).
  * Modernise debian/rules.

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:28:15 +0100

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from disco:
 android-audiosystem 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco
  libandroid-audiosystem-asound2 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco armhf
  libandroid-audiosystem-asound2 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco i386
  libwaudio1 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco armhf
  libwaudio1 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco i386
  libwaudio1-dev 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco armhf
  libwaudio1-dev 1.8+13.10.20130807-0ubuntu1 in disco i386
Comment: Ubuntu-specific, no uploads since 2013, unmaintained; LP: #1734568
1 package successfully removed.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

wpa still has a build-dependency on android-headers.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from disco:
 android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco
  android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco amd64
  android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco arm64
  android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco armhf
  android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco i386
  android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco ppc64el
  android-src-vendor 7-0ubuntu1 in disco s390x
Comment: Ubuntu-specific, no uploads since 2014, unmaintained; LP: #1734568
1 package successfully removed.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The wpa build-dependency is gone now.

$ reverse-depends src:android-headers -b
No reverse dependencies found
$

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from eoan:
 android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan
  android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan amd64
  android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan arm64
  android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan armhf
  android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan i386
  android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan ppc64el
  android-headers 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan s390x
  android-headers-19 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan amd64
  android-headers-19 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan arm64
  android-headers-19 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan armhf
  android-headers-19 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan i386
  android-headers-19 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan ppc64el
  android-headers-19 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan s390x
  android-headers-21 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan amd64
  android-headers-21 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan arm64
  android-headers-21 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan armhf
  android-headers-21 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan i386
  android-headers-21 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan ppc64el
  android-headers-21 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan s390x
  android-headers-22 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan amd64
  android-headers-22 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan arm64
  android-headers-22 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan armhf
  android-headers-22 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan i386
  android-headers-22 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan ppc64el
  android-headers-22 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan s390x
  android-headers-23 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan amd64
  android-headers-23 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan arm64
  android-headers-23 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan armhf
  android-headers-23 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan i386
  android-headers-23 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan ppc64el
  android-headers-23 23-0ubuntu4 in eoan s390x
Comment: Ubuntu-specific, unmaintained and unused; LP: #1734568
1 package successfully removed.