Re: Bug#34579: Removing ncsa from the dist?

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

Christoph Lameter wrote:
> I wonder if we need a policy that prior maintainers need to be consulted
> before a package is removed. Some other packages have just vanished while
> I am busy with this endless dissertation. Hopefully that will be over
> soon.

It's probably a good idea to make an announcment if a package is about
to be dropped, so that others have a chance to maintain it.  This would
of course include any prior maintainers.  But if the package's maintainer
thinks it should be removed, and no-one else volunteers to maintain it,
then I don't think anyone should be able to say "No, let it sit there
and rot instead".

Richard Braakman