Re: Can the community team remove packages or kick me out for not removing packages?

[Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner@rince.de>]

Hi Charles!

On Thu, 17 Jul 2025, Charles Plessy wrote:

> Removing the package from future releases will not remove it from users
> systems, and people who want to install it still have plenty of easy ways to do
> so.  I understand your point of view but maybe there are better battles to
> fight for.

I do not think this analogy is correct.
Just the existence of the package is IMHO not a problem - you (or
better: your sysadmin) has to decide to install it. why is this a
problem, when we have the package - as other thousand packages too -
and let the admin decide wether he wants to install it?

if you want to remove it, it is like removing the scissors at the
airport at all. it is more work for the individual to bring the
scissors, so there is nothing gained by removing them from shops,
since scissors in general still exit and can be brough.

As long as someone wants to spend his time curating the package, I do
not think that we should remove it.

(and that does not mean that I want people to threaten the package
maintainer to give up such packages, on the contrary. I am a strong
believer of free speech and free thought. how will we understand
history if we try to hide everything which may have been bad?)

best regards, Hanno Wagner
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