Bug#170637: gmail
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 06:52:28PM +0200, Ove Kaaven wrote:
> fre, 04.07.2003 kl. 12.48 skrev Filip Van Raemdonck:
> >
> > Regarding you orphaning gmail: I've checked and it appears _really_ dead
> > upstream, even it's website is gone.
> > Considering that the main feature are probably vfolders, and other MUAs
> > have that too now; that you say yourself it doesn't even build anymore,
> > and the deadness of it, would you mind if I filed a bug request to remove
> > it from the archives?
>
> Well, apparently the "Debian QA Group" managed to build it, so perhaps
> it's not that bad, and I've kept its gmime 0.6 dependency in the
> archive.
I figured that out too, after sending my mail. So indeed I guess not.
> But anyway, no, I don't really mind, if people think that's the
> best thing to do. It's certainly not going to be useful for me if it's
> dead upstream.
I was just going through somewhat old (well, not that old, but still) wnpp
bugs, checking for orphaned packages which appeared to not be developed
upstream anymore too.
I'll leave it as it is, but I suppose if noone has taken over it might be
enough a reason to remove it after next stable release. (Also considering
it's GTK+/GNOME 1 based...)
Regards,
Filip
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