Bug#438683: Please remove libconfig from the Archive
reassign #499259 ftp.debian.org
retitle #499259 RM: libconfig orphaned; please remove it from the Archive
severity #499259 wishlist
thanks
Hi,
Abraham vd Merwe's libconfig (he is both upstream and packager) has
been orphaned for a while, due to ABZ being MIA (thanks, Frank)
The only known user are Abraham's own programs, none of which are in
Debian, and which we recognized not being using anymore [mail from him
on 2006/10/09]
Moreover, there exists another (relatively widely used, I must say)
config parsing library called "libconfig":
http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html
At least Julien Danjou and me are very interested in having
(hyperrealm's) libconfig in Debian, as discussed on #438683 (we also
exchanged some private e-mail around that date --- august 2007)
The risk of misleading users willing to use hyperrealm's libconfig
is high, too.
I requested Abraham's renamig his library to "libabz-config",
following his own "libabz" (which is not in testing anymore), but he
declined.
I am therefore requesting this libconfig be removed from the
Archive, so that the other one can be uploaded.
Nobody has stepped up to maintain this library (nor has even an ITA
been filed)
Simply uploading a new version without at least warning the
FTPmasters seems wrong:
- the new library has to go through NEW, obviously
- it is *not* a hijacking by another maintainer (that would be
me), but a completely different package
and using another more "in-band" means to notify the ftpmasters seems
wrong too: they must be very busy sorting out issues for Lenny, and I
don't want to delay it in any way :-)
FTPMASTERS: you rock, even when I sometimes disagree with your
decisions. Please keep the hard work, it is much appreciated.
J.L.
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