[Bug 2091859] Re: RM: remove git-ubuntu [source, binaries]

[Robie Basak]

> I introduced the Debian package after talking with Robie and he had
nothing against it.

IMHO, if someone wants to maintain any package, whether in Debian or
Ubuntu, they should be welcome to do so provided that they do maintain
it according to our usual standards. That's my opinion generally but
also wearing my TB hat, so therefore I think it would be incorrect to
remove the git-ubuntu deb just because it's maintained as a snap. I
think Ubuntu can both be opinionated but also provide options (eg. some
package in main versus various options in universe) and we don't
generally remove debs from universe provided that they are maintained
even if there's a snap for it. Further I'm not aware of any general
principle in Ubuntu that a deb will be removed just because an
equivalent snap is the default; AIUI, the deb removal happens in
practice not because of that but because the equivalent deb ends up
unmaintained.

FWIW, to better illustrate my view, this opinion extends to a
hypothetical reintroduction of a firefox deb. But we'd need to have a
good maintenance and security support story for such a deb, and good
quality handling of the transition of the default deb to snap transition
to stay on the snap, so it seems unlikely in practice to meet my quality
expectations that this would actually happen.

However, my quality expectations do mean that such a package shouldn't
cause bother for other non-interested Ubuntu developers (or users) any
more than what might be expected from any other regular package. *If*
bother happens excessively, or there are quality problems, _then_ I'd be
in support of removing the deb package. Ubuntu-only bother would warrant
removing the package from Ubuntu only (via archive removal and the sync
blocklist); Debian typically makes its own decisions using rc bugs and
release team decisions. Such decisions would be subjective, of course.
But it means that if Benjamin is the sole person who wants to keep the
deb in the archive, then IMHO he gets to take the responsibility of
meeting my quality and no-bother expectations and he'd be the only
person causing the "keeping" of the deb in the archive.

So where are we now? Since the package is migrated to the release pocket
I'm not aware of any quality or bother issues at the moment. Have I
missed anything? Maybe this bug could be used to record such events if
the situation changes, but for now, that means that my opinion is to
leave it be.

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  RM: remove git-ubuntu [source, binaries]

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