* David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com>, 2011-04-29, 14:56:
The package is orphaned, the upstream author is infamous for ignoring a handful of network source packages, so there is no hope of him ever repairing this seriously broken software.Feel free to ignore that as i am as a non-d{d,m} unable to help you in the sponsor-business, but isn't a "hostile upstream" not a good reason for removal instead of adopting?
s/hostlie/dead for many years/ AFAICS.But yes, with popcon ~15 and existing better alternatives (socat), removing it sounds like a good idea.
-- Jakub Wilk