Re: Bug#388209: Status of the orca and tinysnmp packages ?
Hi Regis >@2007.04.18_00:37:28_+0200
> The orca package was last uploaded in July 2004 (same age as the latest
> upstream release), has 5 RC bugs open against it, needs to be ported to
> the new rrd and tinysnmp APIs since 2 years ago. Is this package still
> active upstream and maintained ? Or should we request for its removal ?
>
> Same goes for tinysnmp, with the same maintainer (also upstream), last
> uploaded 2 years ago, 4 RC bugs, never in a stable release.
>
> CC'ing QA, the maintainer might actually be MIA...
Both packages are still in use, but I'm not actively maintaining/developing
either anymore.
orca is definitely obsolete and should be removed.
Tinysnmp should stay. There is nothing really wrong with it and most, if not
all of the RC bugs has to do with orca.
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Regards
Abraham
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