Removing quickppp
>From http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200402/msg00252.html:
>Hello,
>
>quickppp is a very simple ppp configuration tool.
>
>It is currently orphaned. It is not maintained upstream anymore (the
>author told me that the only place where it could still be found was
>Debian) and currently has a security related bug.
>
>Moreover, it is completely exceeded by pppconfig, both for ease of use
>and features. Quality of this software is also a problem (Joe Namias
>pointed out several serious flaws in its code)
>
>Actually, the only advantage I see to this software is that it does not
>need libncurses.
>
>I once intended to take over this package, but after discussions, it
>appears that the best solution would probably to remove this package
>from the archive and advise the users to use pppconfig.
>
>Thanks for your comments,
>
>--
>Zorglub
>Clément Stenac
Can we get QA consensus here and file a removal bug against ftp.debian.org?
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