On Thursday, March 19, 2020 7:14:12 AM EDT you wrote: > Package: ftp.debian.org > Followup-For: Bug #953942 > > Wow. Gone in 4 days. > While I can understand that ftpmasters are triggerhappy due to the py2 > removal, that seems excessive. > > As for the "no upstream activity", that tends to happen when software is > feature-complete. > > And when claiming "better alternatives exist", I'd expect a list of > names to follow. Not just to substantiate the claim, but also as a > courtesy to the (soon to be ex-) users of jack. > > FWIW, and without having tested anything, these packages seem to fill > roughly the same purpose: > yaret > ripit > pacpl > abcde (bug page looks unhappy) > crip (maintained by QA) > > I obviously have no idea whether they work as well as jack. Or whether > they'll be gone from Debian 5 days from now, for that matter.
Removals are reversible if someone is interested in maintaining the package. The FTP Team processes hundreds of removals a year and so we're dependent on the inputs we get being reasonably accurate. If the removal was wrong, someone can upload it again. Scott K
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