Re: Unmaintained Debian packages section&BTS tags
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> I propose that such packages be removed instead. Any developer can
> always resurrect the package.
>
> Before anybody bites my head off, I do not propose that a package be
> removed simply because it's unmaintained. That would be just as bad an
> idea as moving it to a separate archive simply because it's
> unmaintained; it would introduce instability for no good reason.
> However, long-term unmaintained packages should be considered as being
> up for removal if there isn't a good reason to keep them.
The argument should go the other way round: they should be kept unless
there's a good reason to remove them. Yes, I strongly object to your
proposal.
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