Bug#996033: ftp.debian.org: ROM: its -- retired upstream five years ago

2021-12-15 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel


retitle 996033 RM: its -- ROM: retired upstream five years ago
quit

Setting a better / correct title.

Dirk

On 18 November 2021 at 10:06, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
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| reassign 996033 ftp.debian.org
| quit
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| I must have been absent-minded when I filed this as I got the Subject: right
| but use the package itself instead of ftp.debian.org.  My bad!
| 
| Dirk
| 
| On 10 October 2021 at 12:04, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| | 
| | Severity: normal
| | Package: its
| | 
| | The its package was retired from CRAN five years ago [1] upon the request of
| | its original author (who is a friend), but I kept it in Debian because it 
was
| | generally useful. However, as time and packaging standards move on (while 
the
| | package remains frozen) it is getting a little further away from best
| | practices.  So in sum, it is time to remove it from Debian.  Its sources 
will
| | remain available at CRAN in its archive/ location [2].
| | 
| | It has no reverse dependencies apart from a meta package that can be updated
| | easily.
| | 
| | Dirk
| | 
| | [1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/its/index.html
| | [2] https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/its/
| | 
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Bug#996033: ftp.debian.org: ROM: its -- retired upstream five years ago

2021-11-18 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel


reassign 996033 ftp.debian.org
quit

I must have been absent-minded when I filed this as I got the Subject: right
but use the package itself instead of ftp.debian.org.  My bad!

Dirk

On 10 October 2021 at 12:04, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| 
| Severity: normal
| Package: its
| 
| The its package was retired from CRAN five years ago [1] upon the request of
| its original author (who is a friend), but I kept it in Debian because it was
| generally useful. However, as time and packaging standards move on (while the
| package remains frozen) it is getting a little further away from best
| practices.  So in sum, it is time to remove it from Debian.  Its sources will
| remain available at CRAN in its archive/ location [2].
| 
| It has no reverse dependencies apart from a meta package that can be updated
| easily.
| 
| Dirk
| 
| [1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/its/index.html
| [2] https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/its/
| 
| --
| https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org

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Bug#996033: ftp.debian.org: ROM: its -- retired upstream five years ago

2021-11-18 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel


reassign ftp.debian.org
quit

I must have been absent-minded when I filed this as I got the Subject: right
but use the package itself instead of ftp.debian.org.  My bad!

Dirk

On 10 October 2021 at 12:04, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| 
| Severity: normal
| Package: its
| 
| The its package was retired from CRAN five years ago [1] upon the request of
| its original author (who is a friend), but I kept it in Debian because it was
| generally useful. However, as time and packaging standards move on (while the
| package remains frozen) it is getting a little further away from best
| practices.  So in sum, it is time to remove it from Debian.  Its sources will
| remain available at CRAN in its archive/ location [2].
| 
| It has no reverse dependencies apart from a meta package that can be updated
| easily.
| 
| Dirk
| 
| [1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/its/index.html
| [2] https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/its/
| 
| --
| https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org

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Bug#996033: ftp.debian.org: ROM: its -- retired upstream five years ago

2021-10-10 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel


Severity: normal
Package: its

The its package was retired from CRAN five years ago [1] upon the request of
its original author (who is a friend), but I kept it in Debian because it was
generally useful. However, as time and packaging standards move on (while the
package remains frozen) it is getting a little further away from best
practices.  So in sum, it is time to remove it from Debian.  Its sources will
remain available at CRAN in its archive/ location [2].

It has no reverse dependencies apart from a meta package that can be updated
easily.

Dirk

[1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/its/index.html
[2] https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/its/

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