Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: wishlist I am asking for the immediate removal of the following source packages and all their binaries:
usermin usermin-contrib webmin webmin-cluster webmin-contrib webmin-exim webmin-extra webmin-optional webmin-snort webmin-virtual-server It should be blindingly obvious that these packages are not really being maintained anymore. I have always been more or less the only person looking after them. I have had a lot of positive feedback from users (and even some money on occasion) but I'm finding less and less time and motivation to keep at it. It is better to drop them now rather than perpetrate the cruel joke that these are Debian-quality packages; especially because newbies often rely on webmin to administer their systems and keep them secure. And we owe it to Jamie Cameron, the author of webmin, not to besmirch his name and product with buggy crap. Why don't I just orphan them? Well I already tried that and I'm sure like then, there will be an initial flurry of interest and offers to help but they almost never pan out. I ended up doing all the work anyway. If someone really, really wants webmin in Debian, they should prove it by doing an ITP and reintroducing it themselves. There is one current security problem in sarge which I will assist the security team with resolving but other than that, as of this day I wash my hands of webmin. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-xenU-p4-e1000 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]