On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 08:46:50PM +0000, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> On 21/12/12 12:33, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> > On 2012-12-21 12:04, Toni Mueller wrote:
> >>> In practice, isn't taxbird dead and therefore unlikely to change at
> >>> all in the future? I think if we include it in wheezy, we should
> >>> include the newest packaged version.
> >>
> >> Yes. The author works on a successor package that is based
> >> on XUL: http://stesie.github.com/geierlein/ and declares on
> >> his homepage that taxbird itself is dead.
> >
> > If it's already dead, is there any point shipping it in Wheezy at all?
> > 3+ years of support, without any guarantee we can rely on upstream, is a
> > long time. Not shipping it will not result in it being removed from
> > upgraded systems.
>
> That seems sensible; how about requesting that ftpmaster remove the
> 'useless' version from testing for now?
>
> Then aim to make the version in sid, or any later revisions, available
> through wheezy-backports. That seems analogous to the 'volatile' idea.
>
> This would keep the package available to those who want it, yet reflects
> the fact it doesn't have the same level or duration of support as a
> typical package in stable.
So, what's the progress on this? I'm strongly of the opinion that this is
the most appropriate strategy.
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