Bug#130483: Still packaging asmutils -- set of very small UNIX-like utilities written in i386 assembly?

[Magnus Ekdahl <magnus@debian.org>]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 04:26:55PM +0200, Magnus Ekdahl wrote:
>
>
> > retitle 130483 RFP: asmutils -- set of very small UNIX-like utilities 
> > written in i386 assembly language
> > thanks
> >
> > Andreas Barth wrote:
> >
> > > tags 130483 +moreinfo
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > are you still packaging asmutils -- set of very small UNIX-like 
> > > utilities written in i386 assembly? If not, please retitle to RFP.
> >
> > No, it has more to bugs than I can handle. A potential maintainer for
> > this package needs to have a lot assembler knowlege in order to respond
> > to all the bugs.
> >
> > I'm returning this to a RFP it was before. If this bug is to closed
> > because asmutils shouldn't be packaged it should be up to Matt 
> > Zimmerman, who orignally filed the RFP.
>
>
> It sounds like you have probably looked at these tools in more depth than I
> did, so if you think they are not suitable for Debian, I think that the bug
> should be closed.
Well then, lets keep it open. Asmutils is still useful, in the sense 
that it does reduce the size of a minimal installatian.

Its main problem is the amounth of bugs and the fact that busybox is 
pretty good too, giving the package a pretty bad usefulness/work ratio.

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