Re: Giram: Request for removal
On Monday 07 May 2001 19:55, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > Jérôme, could you please file a ITO (intent to orphan) or maybe even a
> > O:
> > (orphaned) bug against wnpp for giram* ? The instructions on bug
> > severity
> > and how to do it are in http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp. If you've
> > already
> > done that, I apologise for the nitpick.
>
> I did not orphan it because I asked for its removal. The best way to make
> sure everyone is warned about it is mailing debian-devel.
With over 6000 packages in woody, i think this is an interesting point.
What about a Debian policy to remove packages for which alternatives are
available with same or similar functionality *and* for which development has
stopped or almost stopped completely?
Egon
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