Oliver Charles <ol...@ocharles.org.uk> writes: >> * If a package is unmaintained, it can be removed with minimal notice. >> This will require some time under the new idea of maintainership >> before it can be fairly put into place, but Eelco had the suggestion >> that no maintainers could be treated equivalently to meta.broken = >> true. > > In Debian, I would imagine they can make use of the popularity contest > or whatever it is to see if people are even using this. Is it worth that > we consider having the ability to gather metrics like that? Removing > things from our package database should be more conscious than "is this > supported" and should really be considering "do people need this?".
Even Debian removes packages that people need if none of those people are willing or able to maintain them. Packages are a liability, especially when they are left to rot. And I'm sure it's pretty hard to come up with a package that many people want but none can maintain. -- id' Ash = Ash; id' Dust = Dust; id' _ = undefined _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev