On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:53:09 -0500, Jonathan Yu wrote: > I agree with everything you've said, but to address this point: > >> Considering gpsdrive is using such awful, unmaintained software, which > >> was updated 10+ years ago, perhaps this is also time to consider > >> removal of that package. > > Side remark: age alone is not a reason :) > I think software whose last release was over ten years ago, and which > has outstanding bugs, is badly maintained software. Sure, it was just a tongue-in-cheek comment triggered by your repeated pointing to age. </greybeard> > Though seeing as how gpsdrive is used by so many people, and the fix > (in gpsdrive-scripts) is so simple, I think it is fair to first > coordinate with the gpsdrive maintainers, have the hard-dependency on > Text::Query dropped, and then proceed to remove the package from > Debian entirely. Sounds like a plan. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Michael Penn: Footdown
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