Re: Packages that might need to be orphaned

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm>]

Amaya wrote:

> Should we orphan these?

Definitely orphan the ones with MIA maintainers, immediately.

>  ________________________________________________________________
> | Maint               | login | Last Maint    | NMU date      | Is-MIA
> |______Package__|_______|______Upload___|_______________|________
> 
> Ed Boraas     ed
> aime-doc      2002-02-19      2006-01-16      yes

> Jefferson Noxon       jeff
> avrp          2001-12-12      2006-07-12      yes
> 
> Wilmer Gaast  lintux
> axel          2005-04-15      2006-07-11      yes
> 
> Mathias Weyland mathias@weyland.ch + Co-Maint: Paul van Tilburg paulvt
> beep-media-player 2005-10-02  2006-01-22      BOTH

> Jeff Licquia  licquia
> diald         2002-02-18      2006-07-13      Yes, but seen LSB activity recently
> 
> Davide Puricelli evo
> doc-linux-it  2004-01-19      2006-07-13      Yes

Out of date documentation sucks.  This package should be removed.

> Filip Van Raemdonck mechanix
> eazel-engine  2005-09-16      2006-07-11      Yes

> Juan Cespedes cespedes
> genromfs      2002-11-26      2006-07-14      Yes

I didn't think anyone uses romfs anymore (cramfs replaced it for most
applications a long time ago, and now even cramfs is being replaced.  No
revdeps.  30 votes.  Hmmm, I guess maybe we should keep it around for a
little while longer; orphan it now, though.

> Torsten Landschoff torsten
> gmt-tutorial  2001-09-17      2006-07-15      Yes
> 
> 
> Thanks for any input on this list of packages.

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