894766 – dev-libs/lockdev deprecated for a long time / maybe remove package?

Bug 894766 - dev-libs/lockdev deprecated for a long time / maybe remove package?

Summary: dev-libs/lockdev deprecated for a long time / maybe remove package?

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

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Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it

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Reported:	2023-02-16 13:23 UTC by Jorfen
Modified:	2023-02-17 21:16 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Jorfen 2023-02-16 13:23:48 UTC

According to for example https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734086 lockdev is now for almost 10 years deprecated (and unmaintained?).

Perhaps this package should be considered for removal.