On 26/08/09 at 20:38 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:43:21PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > Package: quark
> > Version: 3.21-3.3
> > Severity: serious
> > User: debian...@lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: proposed-removal
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > While reviewing some packages, your package came up as a possible
> > candidate for removal from Debian, because:
> >
> > * Last maintainer upload in 2005
> > * 3 NMUs since then
> > * package of limited usefulness (alternatives available, low popcon)
>
> Hi Lucas, ...
>
> Notice that i am unable to upload quark packages, since i was kicked out
> of debian like so much dirt, as you well know.
>
> The fact that other people have done NMUs as well as the fact that there
> are no RC bug on the package seems to indeicate that there should be no
> need to remove it.
>
> Of the 3 important bugs :
>
> #455803 : contains a patch, and awaits a debian maintainer willing to
> upload it.
>
> #200288 : is normal upstream behaviour.
>
> #501168 : i have no clue on this one, maybe one should look at the
> dependencies. A quick browse at them doesn't show anything triggering
> this behaviour directly.
>
> As for the usefullness, i find it more usable than any of the other
> possible alternatives, since it does what it needs to do well, with
> minimal desktop cluttering.
>
The facts that:
* #455803 has been waiting for a sponsor for more than a year
* you write:
> As for orphaning it, well, as said, i called for
> replacer-maintainer when you guys kicked me out, and you can
> believe that i am not particularly interested in doing anything
> more, until debian takes a more reasonable stance with regard to
> me and how debian messed up this whole affair back then.
Make me thing that you no longer want to maintain it, and that the
package should be orphaned. Is that true ?
If yes, I will orphan it. It is not going to be removed very soon, but
if nobody picks it up, it will be removed from Debian.
- Lucas
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