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Re: "Package was removed from Debian because of a variable name" myth (?) (was: Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?)




On 2022-01-23 06:52, mick crane wrote:
> On 2022-01-23 11:38, Andy Smith wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 11:17:25AM +0000, mick crane wrote:
>>> I was a little concerned about the direction of travel when that
>>> software
>>> got removed from the repository because of variable names.
>>
>> If you're referring to the WebOOB package, that was not why it was
>> removed and incorrect statements like that are not helpful.
>>
>> This diff might give you an idea of some of the problems with this
>> software (sadly broken TLS setup so have to click through warning):
>>
>>
>> https://gitlab.com/woob/woob/-/merge_requests/228/diffs#85eabf8cd7ee0b4611976309bd723f6ad7b301c4_785_784
>>
>>
>> If you are referring to some other package, I'm not recalling it.
>> Can you remind me which one it was please?
> 
> That'll be it.
So it was nothing then...
Sorry but this only spark fire. And if you are concerned as you say then
you ain't helping much here.
> 
> mick
> 

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