Bug#465403: Removing dfb++ and fusionsound?
- To: 465403@bugs.debian.org, 465404@bugs.debian.org, 519307@bugs.debian.org, 519312@bugs.debian.org, debian-qa@lists.debian.org, pkg-directfb-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#465403: Removing dfb++ and fusionsound?
- From: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:32:57 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20090325193257.GA3140@chistera.yi.org>
- Mail-followup-to: 465403@bugs.debian.org, 465404@bugs.debian.org, 519307@bugs.debian.org, 519312@bugs.debian.org, debian-qa@lists.debian.org, pkg-directfb-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
- Reply-to: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>, 465403@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20090316134022.GA24593@chistera.yi.org>
- References: <[🔎] 20090316134022.GA24593@chistera.yi.org>
reassign 465403 ftp.debian.org
reassign 465404 ftp.debian.org
retitle 465404 RM: dfb++ -- RoQA; orphaned 1y+, no reverse deps, tiny popcon
retitle 465403 RM: fusionsound -- RoQA; orphaned 1y+, no reverse deps, tiny popcon
thanks
--- Adeodato Simó [Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:40:22 +0100]:
> Hello,
> dfb++ and fusionsound have been orphaned for more than a year now
> without nobody picking them up. They are both libraries, said to be part
> of the directfb suite. However, they’ve not been adopted by the DirectFB
> Maintainers, and additionally they have no reverse dependencies in Debian.
> Both are failing to build against directfb 1.2.0 (#519307, #519312). I’d
> like to hear the opinion of the DirectFB Maintainers about the relevance
> of these packages, and their willingness to adopt them.
> But since they have no reverse dependencies, maybe a plain removal is a
> better option? I’ll do that in a week unless somebody objects or an
> offer for maintenance is received.
FWIW, I received [1] from the directfb maintainer, but it seems it never
arrived to -qa despite being CC'ed there.
[1]: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-directfb-devel/2009-March/000093.html
Thanks,
--
- Are you sure we're good?
- Always.
-- Rory and Lorelai
Reply to: