Re: jad package orphaned
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:37:52PM +0100, Jared Boone wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I contacted Takashi Okamoto, the official maintainer of the jad
> package ( http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/jad ). He can no
> longer maintain it and has asked me to adopt it. However, I am not yet
> an official maintainer, so I suggest that this package be orphaned.
>
> The link from the package page to the upstream author's homepage is
> broken; I would like to see it updated by whoever adopts it. There's a
> closed bug about this in the package bug archive, but the old link is
> still there.
jad is removed from unstable and testing, it's no longer in the archive.
If you want to see it re-included, you'll need to file a 'RFP' about it,
please see http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp
The reason for removal is: RoQA; non-free with free alternatives
See @214201
--Jeroen
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