On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:52:14PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > Package: animals > > Testing: 19991226-4.2 > > Unstable: 19991226-4.2 > > Bugs: 195404 (RC), 142364, 130194, 153037, 61825 (fixed in NMU), 84549 > > (fixed > > in NMU), 70080 (fixed in NMU), 70174 (fixed in NMU), 202174 (orphaned) > > Suggestion: remove-from-testing > > Analysis: > > This program is the last one depending on libdb2++. It has a couple of > > bugs, > > some fixed in NMUs 3(!) years ago. Those fixes were never included; last > > official maintainer upload dated on 2000-02-27. It's more or less unneeded > > anyways (simple AI game) and was orphaned by DPL on 2003-07-20.
> The maintainer has now reappeared and I am in contact with him. Statements of intent are insufficient reason for keeping buggy packages in testing at this point; particularly in this case, where there have been fruitless assurances from the maintainer in the past. The package would remain in unstable, however, and if it's well-maintained going forward, it should have an opportunity to get back into testing once glibc is fixed. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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