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RM: icecast-client -- RoQA; orphaned for 500+ days, unsupported upstream



retitle 279526 RM: icecast-client -- RoQA; orphaned for 500+ days, unsupported upstream
reassign 279526 ftp.debian.org
thanks

I think we should remove icecast-client.

  * Orphaned for 1 year and 136 days.
  * Upstream rewrote it from scratch, and renamed it to ices:
    <http://www.icecast.org/ices.php>
    There are two flavors: ices0 for MP3, and ices2 for Ogg Vorbis.
    ices0 has patent issues due to its ability to re-encode MP3s;
    while it should be possible to package an unencumbered version,
    no one expressed an interest:
    <http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2005/11/msg00054.html>
  * ices2 does have a Debian package, and users will still be able to
    stream Ogg Vorbis files and soundcard input.
  * popcon: 91 installations, 17 votes.

Thanks,

Matej



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