Subject: [bug#77442] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Remove r-h5.

From: Simon Tournier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:31:19 +0200

Hi Andreas,

On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 at 00:51, Andreas Enge <[email-masked]> wrote:

> The package has been deprecated by its author in 2017 in favor of r-hdf5r.
> It does not build with current [email-masked].

[...]

> -    (inputs
> -     (list zlib hdf5-1.10))

Well, I have nothing against the removal of this package.  But please
note that we still have hdf5-1.8 and will keep hdf5-1.10 for some time.
Somehow, r-h5 does not need to upgrade its hdf5 input.

Somehow, I would be in favor to delay this removal.

Cheers,
simon