Re: Removal of xirc
On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > I've sent bug #62575 on xirc. This bug says xirc has to be removed from
> > Debian because it is released under the GPL but linked with QT. xirc was
> > orphaned 516 days ago by Igor Grobman (according to
> > http://www.debian.org/doc/prospective-packages.html ). Am I allowed to
> > reassign this bug to ftp.debian.org to force the removal of this package?
>
> Yes.
I'll do this.
> Could you also get in touch with the upstream author asking for the
> exception clause that allows further distribution. I've seen you've
> been quite active, maybe you're interested in that as well.
No, I'm not interested in that. I don't think it is worth asking the
upstream author: This package is orphaned for 1 1/2 years now and no one
was interested in maintaining or at least recompiling it for fixing the RC
bugs.
> Regards,
>
> Joey
cu,
Adrian
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