Re: "Package was removed from Debian because of a variable name" myth (?) (was: Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?)
Hi Mick,
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 11:52:12AM +0000, mick crane wrote:
> On 2022-01-23 11:38, Andy Smith wrote:
> > 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
>
> That'll be it.
Thanks for confirming. So would you like to retract your statement
that it was removed "because of variable names"?
And hopefully now that's cleared up you will feel better about
Debian's direction of travel.
Cheers,
Andy
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