Bug#481082: Removal of crypt++el
Hi Christoph,
Christoph Martin wrote:
I am really astonished the ftpmaster removes a package on such a short
notice and without talking to the maintainer.
debian-devel-announce is the required reading for all Debian maintainers.
The release team told people[1] that debmake is on its way out 16 months after
the debmake maintainer[2] indicated that that would be the plan, the package in
question is depending on it, and the bug[3] about it contains no activity from
the maintainer at all for a year and a half.
Waiting for removal bugs to be filed before you act because you expect to have
time then is not exactly the way to a bright future of package maintenance. We
do try to let people know what is happening to their packages but your present
complaint borders on abuse of that practice.
Please reinstall the falsely removed package. We try to get the
outstanding issues resolved as soon as possible.
Let's not and pretend to know why we don't.
Kind regards
T.
1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/07/msg00013.html
2. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00019.html
3. http://bugs.debian.org/372986
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Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/
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