> From: Adrian Bunk <b...@debian.org> > To: 894262-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 11:01:58 +0300 > Subject: gconf has been adopted > gconf has been adopted, making it a non-issue when a reverse dependency > depends on it.
That only fixes one of the issues I have with the package. It is unmaintained in Debian and upstream. I would like to reopen this bug and convert it into a removal bug now. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@debian.org> > To: submit <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:38:26 -0400 > Subject: regexxer: Intent to remove package from Debian > Source: regexxer > Version: 0.10-3 > Severity: serious > Tags: sid buster > > regexxer was orphaned 8 years ago. [1] > > Its last upstream release, 0.10, was in 2011. > > Although there has been some activity in git [2], I think we can consider > this software unmaintained if it never does releases. > > It is blocking the eventual removal of gconf from Debian. Therefore, I intend > to file a removal bug for this package soon. > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/569345 > [2] https://git.gnome.org/browse/regexxer/log/ > > Thanks, > Jeremy Bicha
