stjerm project is abandoned(unmaintained) upstream -- please remove from archives

[Chris Rainey]

Please remove this outdated and unmaintained package from the Ubuntu archives due to bugs and lack of upstream maintenance.

Upstream: https://github.com/stjerm/stjerm

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-37.41-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 28 09:48:28 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-19 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: stjerm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Rainey (ckrzen)]

chris@CKR-3:~$ reverse-depends src:stjerm
No reverse dependencies found
chris@CKR-3:~$

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

What bugs, specifically, do you believe justify this package's removal from the archive?

There are only two other bug reports open against the package, neither of which at a glance seems particularly severe.

The package does not appear to be causing maintenance problems for the Ubuntu release (it builds from source; it has no obsolete library dependencies).

It doesn't seem necessary to remove this package from the archive.

[Chris Rainey (ckrzen)]

@Steve Langasek please see my original bug for the details of why I believe
this package should be removed unless upstream will update to latest
released version:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/stjerm/+bug/1717013

I followed directions given by Jeremy Bicha to request removal of the
package as seen here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/stjerm/+bug/1727768

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 2:20 PM Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
wrote:

> What bugs, specifically, do you believe justify this package's removal
> from the archive?
>
> There are only two other bug reports open against the package, neither
> of which at a glance seems particularly severe.
>
> The package does not appear to be causing maintenance problems for the
> Ubuntu release (it builds from source; it has no obsolete library
> dependencies).
>
> It doesn't seem necessary to remove this package from the archive.
>
> ** Changed in: stjerm (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728241
>
> Title:
> stjerm project is abandoned(unmaintained) upstream -- please remove
> from archives
>
> Status in stjerm package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Please remove this outdated and unmaintained package from the Ubuntu
> archives due to bugs and lack of upstream maintenance.
>
> Upstream: https://github.com/stjerm/stjerm
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
> Package: stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-37.41-generic 4.10.17
> Uname: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Oct 28 09:48:28 2017
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-19 (39 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64
> (20170412)
> SourcePackage: stjerm
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/stjerm/+bug/1728241/+subscriptions
>

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from eoan:
 stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan
  stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan amd64
  stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan arm64
  stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan armhf
  stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan i386
  stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan ppc64el
  stjerm 0.16-0ubuntu3 in eoan s390x
Comment: Ubuntu-specific, unmaintained, depends on GTK+2.0 and abandoned upstream; LP: #1728241
1 package successfully removed.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

Thanks guys for having addressed this removal! I just came here to report the same request.

> What bugs, specifically, do you believe justify this package's removal from the archive?

Pretty much the entire set of bugs that have been fixed in VTE in the last 8 years :-) including potential data leakage by writing the scrollback data unencrytped to disk.

> it has no obsolete library dependencies

It uses an ancient version of VTE which I just asked to get removed in bug 1829377.

There are about a dozen VTE-based emulators shipped by Ubuntu, IMO it's already too much. I see no point in carrying one that couldn't catch up with API changes for 8 years.

I'm just commenting to confirm that you made the right choice by removing stjerm, thanks again!