I agree. Please remove it from Debian as people who would use this for embedded systems will probably be customizing it directly.
Normal users should migrate to Plymouth. -- A bug magnet El Nov 8, 2011, a las 13:14, Didier Raboud <o...@debian.org> escribió: > Package: ftp.debian.org > Severity: normal > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi dear FTP team, > > Note as introduction that I'm not any of the maintainers of splashy, nor > officially a member of the QA team. > > I hereby request the removal of the splashy source from unstable, for the > following reasons: > > - - It currently FTBFS since May 2011 (#625013) without any sign of life from > the maintainers; > - - It was not present in the last stable release (dropped from testing before > release); > - - It's last upload was a NMU, in November 2009, without acknowledgement (so > far). The latest maintainer upload was in April 2009; > - - It's popcon statistices are falling, especially since libsplashy1-dev has > no > reverse build-depends anymore. > - - It's technology is outdated and is well-replaced by plymouth's. > > Finally, to other readers of this bugreport, please note that I have > absolutely no personal grief against (nor in favor) of splashy; I just tend to > think that it's time in Debian should probably be over. > > Cheers, > > OdyX > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQGcBAEBCAAGBQJOuXF5AAoJEIvPpx7KFjRVm90L/0X8AoISOtMuzm51D8j04uwP > X6DIRTUVYIp63RLeMA83MzDljT0Z2MaCIi2op0ZZNxo1j3OMb2rvbld+skzpyaA1 > eqN8uuvbpgbw+yqeRYan77hpC7qkn1qfjfBHtaRlib3+HPWVnL8kr1zmwDtOfzfa > 1Tpz9q0fJ8KtAy3O5IsT8yhqA1OKgQOw4g4Zn1lsbz1hdTmd0vJDyUjsnUV3wrTD > jX2FwEgoTvtq/y/y/GWofXv6pz7kp9Mp68BMNWgGbuZ2CKaI1jnxfC8Wt2AcgkSv > 5QU76sfvq2EMd0tGKUCRc4ZFp3XfAp+MY2WAk4b3gL4olxQiIhnCPb/DV/nq1acS > gy6l+yUo4OA+1Y16ztl3ET9UIwkp0XEU4Gt2f9R0HshZPFrVohUTesLWl2ocVjmZ > 3s6enr5ajZ7RDFxUMq5aGXEVEA2HvnNutQigTngeM6IFddYoMoCB5OrtLaKB6mSA > Q3aKD7jeaG6sxM+YZX1hZwHYpPkIU5PtsmBfK9WhYg== > =DM8Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Splashy-devel mailing list > splashy-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/splashy-devel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
