Bug#886068: gtk-theme-config: Depends on gconf

[Jeremy Bicha]

Source: gtk-theme-config
Version: 1.2.2-1
Severity: important
User: pkg-gnome-***@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: oldlibs gconf
Tags: sid buster

Your package depends or build-depends on gconf, but gconf will be
removed from Debian soon.

gconf's last release was about 5 years ago. It has been replaced by
gsettings (provided in Debian by source glib2.0 )

This should be pretty simple to fix since I don't think any desktop in
Debian uses gconf any more so you should be able to just drop the gconf
code.

References
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https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/ch34.html
https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GSettings.html

On behalf of the Debian GNOME team,
Jeremy Bicha

[Jeremy Bicha]

Control: severity -1 serious

As announced [1], we are working to remove gconf from Debian. As part
of this process, I am now raising the severity of this bug.

Please try to port your package away from gconf. Otherwise, please
consider requesting that your package be removed from Debian to help us
complete this goal.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/02/msg00169.html

On behalf of the Debian GNOME team,
Jeremy Bicha

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Post by Jeremy Bicha
severity -1 serious

Bug #886068 [src:gtk-theme-config] gtk-theme-config: Depends on gconf
Severity set to 'serious' from 'important'

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Simon Steinbeiss

So we will likely drop it from Xubuntu 18.04 and it will become deprecated.
I guess Debian should drop it too, can't imagine anyone still uses it for
anything (only the Gtk2 parts still work ok).

I'd be happy to file a Debian removal bug for gtk-theme-config if
that's what y'all want.

(I'm not subscribed to the list so you'll probably need to moderate me through.)

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha

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Howdy,

As Simon indicated, gtk-theme-config won't really function properly anytime in
the near future and has been removed from Xubuntu's seed. So as maintainer of
the package I would gladly accept your offer to file the removal bug. Thank
you for offering.

Post by Jeremy Bicha
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Simon Steinbeiss

So we will likely drop it from Xubuntu 18.04 and it will become deprecated.
I guess Debian should drop it too, can't imagine anyone still uses it for
anything (only the Gtk2 parts still work ok).

I'd be happy to file a Debian removal bug for gtk-theme-config if
that's what y'all want.
(I'm not subscribed to the list so you'll probably need to moderate me through.)
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
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