Re: long list of give away or orphaned packages

[Sven Rudolph <sr1@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>]

Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com> writes:

> > the list of debian packges needing a new maintainer is growing all the
> > time. so - what about removeing some packages, if they are no longer
> > maintained, or (better) moving them into section contrib (or a new
> > section "orphaned" ?).
> 
> There is a "project/orphaned" directory where things can be put when
> no longer supported.  This will not be part of the distribution but
> rather a holding place for packages so that the work done on them does
> not simply get lost.

I just added an extra section to the list that mentions the orphaned
packages. It is incomplete ...


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