Re: sipp: Can this package be removed?
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 02:42:33PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > I agree on this one: there's no reasen to remove a package unless it has
> > been proven that it doesn't work. You can never be sure that noone uses
> > the package, even if you don't get bugreports.
>
> I don't agree. Every package causes some overhead in our system,
> not just technically but in terms of time and effort from people
> who look after the whole distribution in some way. Unmaintained
> packages tend to take more of that time and effort than others.
>
> Removing unmaintained packages is a good way to get rid of junk.
> It should be done early in a release cycle, so that there is ample
> time for someone who wants to keep the package to pick up maintenance.
>
> This leaves the situation where a package is popular but _none_
> of its users wants to maintain it. Well, in that case some of
> them should get off their asses and draw straws or something.
> If the package really doesn't need maintenance, then being
> its maintainer will not be much work.
FWIW I also think unmaintained packages have no place in Debian, whether
they have users or not. If the package needs to exist _somewhere_, there's
plenty of places on the Internet where people can put stuff. Having it in
Debian requires effort, and we should all be careful with how we make
volunteers wast^Wspend their time.
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