RE: packages with really old standards version
On 20-Feb-2001 Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> So, I grabbed fmirror today because an admin friend suggested it. I cd'ed to
> /usr/share/doc/fmirror and low and behold, no /usr/share/doc/fmirror. I
> check
> the changelog and this binary-any package has not been uploaded in 2 years.
> It
> is standards version 2.3.0.1, ICK!
>
> So, perhaps we should drop the bar a little. If your package is not at least
> 3.x.x, it gets held.
>
I just want to be clear on both of my posts, I am saying permanently in
unstable, i.e. not allowed in testing. I am *NOT* saying they be purged nor am
I saying that it is a black and white issue.
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