Re: Orphaned packages with very low popcon numbers

To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>
Cc: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Orphaned packages with very low popcon numbers
From: Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:34:39 -0700
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] e6ij32$g67$2@sea.gmane.org> (Nathanael Nerode's message of "Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:21:21 -0400")
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Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:

> If they require *any* maintenance, they are a waste of our time.  QA has
> hundreds of packages to maintain, most of which have far, far more users. 
> (Some have several thousand popcon installations.)

Um, great.  I've been quite happy not to spend time on them.

I'm curiously amused that the "don't spend time on them!" crowd is now
spending time on them.  Why?  The "just ignore them" strategy hasn't
been a disaster so far; why not continue it?

Thomas

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