-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 20 May 2012 21:35:19 +0100 > Von: "Adam D. Barratt" <a...@adam-barratt.org.uk> > An: Steffen Moeller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de>, 673...@bugs.debian.org > Betreff: Re: Bug#673701: RM: qtdmm/0.8.13-3
> On Sun, 2012-05-20 at 22:26 +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote: > > Even upstream has given up on qtdmm to make the transition to current > > Qt/KDE standards and develops QtDMM 2, which is not packaged for Debian. > > Now Debian will not continue the maintenance of the older libraries > > and Ana today sent #604578, suggesting to initiate the removal of > > anything depending on those older libraries. The package has a rather > > surprisingly high user base >200 on popcon and needs little maintenance. > > It is sad to see it go, but if it shall be, so be it. For the fragile > > Linux community of electroengineers it would be neat to directly offer > > QtDMM2 as a substitute. But I am too busy to address that. > > In that case, should the package not be removed from the archive > entirely - i.e. from unstable - rather than just from testing? It > doesn't seem particularly productive to remove it from testing just to > have it languish unmaintained and unusable in unstable. > Thank you for that request for clarification. Yes, a complete removal of the package was my intention to request. Many thanks again and regards, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org