Re: RFC: moving packages to project/orphaned
>> David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 06:55:16PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> > Regarding the severity of the ftp.debian.org bug: important.
> > Rationale: in the general case, packages that managed to get to this
> > state are non-interesting (otherwise they would have been adopted
> > already). That means it's a non maintained package which noone cares
>
> non-interesting doesn't mean uncared about. Frequently it includes sweet
> little tools that need only an occasional updating for policy changes.
> No real bugs to speak of.
I meant "non-interesting" as in "it looks like among a group of 500+100
people, there's not a single one interested enough in a particular
package in order to step up and take maintainership of it". For
example, wmmail (former package of mine) is orphaned now mainly because
I don't have a real use for it. The only place where I use it is at
work, where I don't have a Debian box. That means for example that I
won't notice the package breaks due to some upgrade unless someone
explicitly points that to me. That's not what I call maintaining a
package.
Marcelo
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