Your message dated Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:04:23 +0200 with message-id <20170228130423.bn6jvcnmkqtn4mhm@localhost> and subject line Closing etch-only bugs has caused the Debian Bug report #441200, regarding libconfig name clash to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: tech-ctte Severity: normal Hi, The current problem is simple. I did an ITP of libconfig[1], a simple and efficient C/C++ library for parsing configuration file. This library is written by Mark Linder, and is well maintained. Filling the ITP, I knew there was already libconfig in Debian. So I asked Abraham vd Merwe <[email protected]> who is the current maintainer of libconfig if he can rename or remove its package. He responded negatively. And I do think this package should be removed from Debian. My arguments are the following: abz's libconfig is old, non used (no reverse-dependencies) and has only 40 installs according to popcon[2]. Furthermore, it's packaged as a native Debian package and does not seems to be distributed anywhere. I don't see the point to have a "personnal" package which is not used apart from its Debian-maintainer-author in the archive, and blocking packaging of better and maintained software. I asked for suggestions on the debian-devel list[3], without many help apart renaming the library, which is a mess and does not seems a very good idea. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/438683 [2] http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=libconfig [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/08/msg00933.html Cheers, -- Julien Danjou .''`. Debian Developer : :' : http://julien.danjou.info `. `' http://people.debian.org/~acid `- 9A0D 5FD9 EB42 22F6 8974 C95C A462 B51E C2FE E5CD
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--- Begin Message ---Dear submitter, these bug are tagged etch without any wheezy/jessie/stretch tag implying that the bug is not present in supported Debian releases. etch is no longer supported. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue in etch. If this bug was incorrectly tagged etch, please reopen the bug and remove the etch tag. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
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