On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:04:48PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 07:29:28PM -0500, Jonathan Yu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > I would like to propose the following extension to "5.6.23.", the
> > > "Homepage" header line:
> > >
> > > ---
> > > If no homepage exists, e.g. because the software is abandoned and
> > > vanished off the net, "None" can be specified.
> > > ---
> >
> > While I see the point in having something like this, perhaps some
> > standard page (hosted on the Debian servers somewhere) informing users
> > that the software has been abandoned (and perhaps pointing to a Google
> > cache/Web Archive cache of the original site, or other relevant
> > information) would provide more benefit.
> >
> > In general, I think it's a good idea to move away from
> > abandoned/unsupported software -- if you wish to continue supporting
> > abandoned software, you should fork it/adopt the project upstream.
>
> Nowadays, software homepage almost never disappear. Developers have little
> incentive to delete the homepage of their abandonned projects, and major code
> hosting website (sourceforge, etc.) almost never remove dead projects. So the
> absence of a webpage is not a good indicator whether a project is dead or
> alive (it is more likely the software never add a webpage).
>
> And that do not seem to be Moritz intent, though the bug title might induce
> to think otherwise.
IIRC I was doing a QA upload for a package and I wanted to add a Homepage field.
After some digging I noticed the original website went away. In that case
adding "Homepage: None" makes this explicit.
Cheers,
Moritz
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