Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal whatsnewfm is a filter for the daily newsletter from Freecode.com (once Freshmeat.net), a repository for free and open source software.
The whatsnewfm project started in 08/2000 and since 04/2004 it has been an official Debian package. On 2014-06-18 Freecode.com stopped accepting new software to their repository and switched to a static website. This also made then stop sending their newsletter, as there are no more news to tell. Without a daily newsletter to parse, whatsnewfm has become completely useless. As the maintainer of the package, I'd like to request the removal of the package from Debian. As the package is now useless not only in unstable, but also in testing, stable (and even oldstable): Should the removal also be carried out in these distributions? If yes, how would this be done? I was notified of the shutdown via bug #752288 which has been filed against whatsnewfm. Should that bug somehow be merged with this on or is it OK to have this separate bug against ftp.debian.org? Regards Christian References: * http://freecode.com/about Freecode's statement about stopping to add new software to their site * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752288 The original bug report against whatsnewfm that made me aware of the change. * http://www.cgarbs.de/whatsnewfm.en.html This official whatsnewfm project page stating 'whatsnewfm is now useless' (no surprise there, updated by me some minutes ago :-) -- ....Christian.Garbs.....................................http://www.cgarbs.de I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt
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