Re: Proposal for removal of outdated/orphaned UPS daemon packages
[Cc'd and follow-up to debian-qa]
Hi Arnaud!
You wrote:
> some old fashioned power daemons for UPSs are still in database.
> I'm talking about bpowerd and upsd which are not maintained
> (no upstream source available), and orphaned (some bugs are 4
> years old !).
>
> Those might be removed, and supersedes by Network UPS Tools - NUT.
> This one:
> - is already debianized,
> - is actively maintained,
> - has an extensible networked architecture,
> - already supports the above softwares features, and more,
> - is becoming the SANE of UPSs !
If NUT indeed has all the features and supports all hardware bpowerd and
upsd do, feel free to file a bug againt ftp.debian.org, asking for their
removal.
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