Re: How to get rid of unused packages (Was: proposed MBF: packages still using source format 1.0)
Hi Andreas, hi all,
[I'm not subscribed to d-d, the long discussions on d-p are enough for
my inbox ;-), so please address me directly if I should read your reply]
Am 16.03.22 um 14:11 schrieb Andreas Tille:
I'm not sure whether there are any PalmPilot devices out there. At
Yes, there are still such devices out there.
least the actual *votes* in popcon[1] is down to zero now. The package
I would not trust popcorn at all. It is disabled at installation by
default and even I does not use it. There is no *real* data base for
package usage out there IMO.
Even if we would have real usage count, IMO it should not be a rule to
keep a package or remove it.
We already have mechanism to exclude packages with serious issue from
releases. For packages that are not part of one or several releases, we
could ask the maintainer to fix or remove, that would be fair.
was not uploaded by its maintainer for >10 years.
Yes, because upstream development was finished and packaging was working
so far. No need for new uploads IMO.
It received an NMU by
Adrian Bunk (in CC as well):
I thanked Adrian for stepping in, but had in on my list, too. (Low prio,
because I didn't see the "serious" on this "policy issue")
Do we have any
means to get rid of packages that should be rather removed from the
distribution than draining resources.
If the package was not part of one or two releases and maintainer (or
any other dev) have no interest to fix it, I would agree.
If you use the popcorn count to decide this I would strongly disagree.
Best regards,
Erik
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