Re: Upstream missing - what to do now
On Mon, 08 Oct 2001, idalton@ferret.dyndns.org wrote:
> Blarrgh. I adopted zicq/krolden earlier this year. Upstream has been AWOL
[...]
> I'm also unable (mostly due to skill level, but partly due to Literature
> class this semester) to even attempt to update the code. Should I simply
> re-orphan the packages, or given the assumed protocol problems and the
> lack of active upstream, ask for its removal?
<wears what="QA hat">
I'd suggest asking for its removal. I'm a former user of zicq, and when I
noticed the first signs of a sinking upstream, I've jumped the boat to other
text-based ICQ clients.
Since we have them in Debian, there's no need to have a broken and mostly
unmaintaneable package. Should you find yourself with more time later, and
decide to become upstream to zicq/krolden, you are welcome to reupload it.
<\wears>
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