Re: what should we do about confluence?
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 09:53:40PM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the package "confluence" is orphaned, and build-depends on ocaml, so we
> could consider adopting it by the team. The orphaning message is here:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418965
>
> This message says that "confluence" is superseeded by a new project
> called HDCaml. Looking around on the web I find that HDCaml in turn has
> been abandonend too, and is now replaced by a project called "atom"
> (http://funhdl.org/wiki/doku.php/atom) - which aparently is written
> in Haskel ...
>
> Popcon count is quite low (60 installations). What should we do about it?
> Gildor just says on #debian-ocaml:
>
> i think you should leave a README.Debian stating this package has only
> been adopted by d-o-m for rebuilding it, but that it will be dropped if
> there is RC bugs on it
>
> I guess that is what I am going to do, and put debian-ocaml-maint as
> maintainer. Any other opinions on that?
You should open a bug against wnnp or whatever it is with a
request-for-help^tag (RFH). This will appear in the bug report, and in
the PTS. MAybe even clone that bug and reassign it to the package ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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