Reasoning: * maintainer-needed + open tickets * package needs many patches to get it (probably) working again * upstream does not maintain the source anymore. Issues and PRs remain open * some tickets let me assume, that the software is not usable anymore (for example TLS failure: https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/issues/525) * If you love this package, contact upstream and become the new upstream maintainer https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/issues/518 * We cannot maintain such a complicate project by constantly patching it downstream * We can reintroduce this package any time when upstream is alive again Reproducible: Always
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=68d44eb11e01d42fa4e65b7ab942c990cf0ddac9 commit 68d44eb11e01d42fa4e65b7ab942c990cf0ddac9 Author: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-12-31 04:27:57 +0000 Commit: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-12-31 04:27:57 +0000 package.mask: Last rite x11-plugins/purple-facebook Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/830331 Signed-off-by: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
For the record, it does work, albeit not very reliably. I think I got the TLS error the other day, and I think it's facebook's fault rather than the plugin's - but it comes and goes. Overall, agree with the approach as the way this thing is built is dreadful to say the least; without an upstream maintainer it can only get worse. So, raise your candle/lighter/hand for a fallen soldier.
As a previous maintainer of this package, just stating that I agree wholeheartedly with Jonas here. This broke a lot of the time and without an upstream dev to patch it up every other month, it is a lost cause. If someone forks it on GitHub and makes it go, then we can revisit. Until then, it is dead and we should be realistic about that.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8bc00401647630565e75ea688ef0985d09af94f8 commit 8bc00401647630565e75ea688ef0985d09af94f8 Author: Jakov Smolić <jsmolic@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-03-02 12:22:22 +0000 Commit: Jakov Smolić <jsmolic@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-03-02 12:26:11 +0000 x11-plugins/purple-facebook: treeclean Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/830331 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/769719 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/773106 Signed-off-by: Jakov Smolić <jsmolic@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 5 ---- x11-plugins/purple-facebook/Manifest | 3 --- x11-plugins/purple-facebook/metadata.xml | 8 ------- .../purple-facebook-20170608.ebuild | 27 ---------------------- .../purple-facebook-20170831.ebuild | 27 ---------------------- .../purple-facebook-20190113.ebuild | 27 ---------------------- 6 files changed, 97 deletions(-)
