-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:37:03 +0100 > Von: Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> > An: "Steffen Möller" <steffen_moel...@gmx.de>, 689...@bugs.debian.org > CC: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> > Betreff: Re: Bug#689749: RM: ensembl -- includes GPL code without source
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 07:47:19PM +0200, Steffen Möller wrote: > > > >Johanathan, > > > >If you want to help, as indicated by one of your last sentences in > >your RM request, then reupload the package without that .jar. That > >.jar is of tertiary importance for the package's overall > >functionality, it can just go. I do not perceive your RM request as > >any helpful or as constructive by any means. Time is a scarce > >resource. If you want Free Software to be successful in all phases of > >one's life, then please allow for compromises not only on the > >developer's side, but also with experimental packages from time to > >time. > > > >My next upload of this package will be a new version of that package, > >hopefully also with a new dedicated maintainer, without that .jar. If > >you manage to have the Ensembl package removed now, then you indicate > >a severe disinterest by the Debian community into all what the > >Ensembl package stands for. It would mean quite a blow to me. > > Steffen, > > At the moment it seems the Ensembl package stands as a good example of > abandoned RC-buggy software in the Debian archive. I entirely agree > with Jonathan's request to remove it based on what he's seen > here. Looking at 2 of the 3 other RC bugs, I don't see any maintainer > activity in months. > > If you're going to upload packages into the Debian archive, please try > to keep them up to an acceptable quality. It is not nice because of its conflicts, I know. It would have gone to a PPA if we had one for Debian. It is experimental. And yes, the folks behind the package need to get their heads together over it again. If it helps Debian in any way for the release to have the package removed, so remove it. If not, then please not. Not yet. Steffen Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
