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Re: Debconf QA BOF summary / handling of orphaned packages



On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 02:58:27PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Speaking of which it might be nice to have some area in
> collab-maint's VCSes where to put orphaned (and even removed)
> packages, so that it's cleared they're kind-of-dropped.

This seems to be a recurring proposal. I raised it 1 year ago (IIRC,
sorry I'm too lazy right now to look the reference) and Raphael
Hertzog pointed out to me that way before he advanced the same
proposal.

The counter-argument I received 1 year ago is that we do not want to
make any easier to "maintain" orphaned packages, e.g., via QA
uploads. While I somehow understand that point of view, I still
consider the proposal a good idea, mainly because it technically
facilitates resurrecting the packages for the future maintainer.

Cheers.

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