Bug#782180: unblock pre-approval: apt-zip/0.18+nmu1

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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On 2015-04-09 04:24, Axel Beckert wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> following is a debdiff which should fix the following issues in
> apt-zip:
> 
>     #782179 [G|+|  ] [apt-zip] apt-zip: apt-zip-list
>     --aptgetaction=update doesn't do anything because "apt-get -qq
>     --print-uris update" outputs nothing
> 
>     #781915 [G|  |  ] [apt-zip] Checksum fails and other issues in
>     Jessie
> 
>     #638840 [i|+|  ] [apt-zip] apt-zip: wrong checksum: checksum
>     calculation broken
> 
> The last one (#638840) is currently only set to severity "important",
> but IMHO validates for severity "grave", too, as it doesn't download
> any packages anymore because of the failed hashsum check.
> 
> This patch does not fix #718376 (Most deb data.tar member files are
> unsupported) and there seem similar issues with package lists.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Would the following debdiff suffice for an unblock? If so, I'd upload
> it as NMU either directly or to DELAYED/1 so that it migrates to
> Testing before the deadline ends.
> 
> [...]
> 

Hi Axel,

Thanks for spending time on it and trying to solve it.

Sadly, I am not convinced that apt-zip is actively maintained, regularly
used/tested nor that it is ready for Jessie.  Examples include #718376
or #782179 (the latter you just discovered/filed yesterday).

If you are interested in keeping apt-zip in Jessie, then please include
a fix for #718376 (I promoted it to grave) and also (have the
maintainers) commit to maintaining it for Jessie as well.
  In the absence of a commitment and a fix for #718376, I would rather
see apt-zip removed from Jessie.

~Niels