Bug#508498: Please remove remaining CERNLIB packages from Sid
reassign 508413 ftp.debian.org
retitle 508413 RM: cernlib -- RoM; orphaned, dead upstream
reassign 508495 ftp.debian.org
retitle 508495 RM: paw -- RoM: orphaned, buggy, dead upstream
reassign 508496 ftp.debian.org
retitle 508496 RM: geant321 -- RoM: orphaned, dead upstream
reassign 508498 ftp.debian.org
retitle 508498 RM: mclibs -- RoM: orphaned, dead upstream
thanks
Hi,
I know it seems a bit contradictory to have a "RoM: orphaned" title on
these bug reports. Please read RoM as "request of former maintainer"
if you like. I am of the opinion that the various CERNLIB packages
are essentially unmaintainable and should be removed from Sid instead
of continuing to be dead weight there. No one has completed the job
of adopting them (though there were a couple people who had some
initial interest, in CC) after more than two years spent orphaned, nor
attempted to fix any bug reports for them for over a year. They were
already purged from Squeeze prior to its release.
Any remaining users really ought to switch to some other software, as
upstream has been completely dead for five years now. (I would
suggest ROOT, but tragically that seems to be no longer maintained
within Debian either, and I wish I had the free time to do something
about that.) I regret that it was not possible for CERNLIB to go into
Squeeze to provide additional time for users to transition away, but
maybe it's for the best.
For more info, please see:
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2008/09/msg00028.html
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/508413 [the cernlib RFA bug]
Thanks and best regards,
--
Kevin B. McCarty <kmccarty@gmail.com>
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