Subject: ftp.debian.org: Request for removal of libconfhelper-perl Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Hi, I'm looking at orphaned Perl packages, adopting some or trying to find which should be dropped instead. I found libconfhelper-perl to be surprisingly popular (1548 on popcon), but it's a package on which no other package depends, has been orphaned since February 2004 (#233666), and has not seen an upload since then. Yes, I know that "if it's not broken, don't fix it" - But it looks like begging for trouble (it provides a way of "chunking" a configuration file, reserving some areas of it to be modified by the user, and some of them to be modified by programs). I even think its incorrect use could mean a policy violation here and there. And I guess it has a high number of installations because of people that had it long time ago (from the Woody or earlier days). So, please comment if this package is worth keeping... Or remove it otherwise :) Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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