Re: remove libphp-phplot and acidlab from lenny
On 2008-09-17 00:19:19.00 Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
<jfs@computer.org> wrote:
> I don't know what QA thinks, but my opinion from a release point
of view
> is that is sounds appropriate to remove it unless you (as the
maintainer) > have a more qualified opinion/reasons that it should
stay for Lenny. Is
> that the case?
I think that if acidlab is removed a clear upgrade path to the
available fork
(acidbase) should be defined. Unfortunately, I don't have the time
to do
implement one right now.
I should note that it has 30-something popcon installation and that
the "available fork" has been in there for more than two years and in
particular for a full release cycle. There is no reason for the
Debian project to keep old, unmaintained (hey, your package was
uninstallabe for more than a year without you giving two seconds of
thought to it) junk around just because the people not maintaining it
don't offer the migration plan that noone else will implement for the
thirty people who didn't notice it's obsolete.
Saying you don't have time for it "right know" is quite outrageous.
acidlab hasn't even had the chance to get any serious testing in
lenny because it wasn't available, so Debian shouldn't release it.
No-one cared to implement a transition path during at any time during
the release cycle, it must not be such a great priority.
Kind regards
T.
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