Bug#869648: ITP: node-mimelib -- MIME functions to encode/decode e-mails etc.

[Steve Cotton <steve@s.cotton.clara.co.uk>]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 06:33:35PM +0800, Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) wrote:
> * Package name    : node-mimelib
>
>  This is a deprecated lib. Please read README.Debian to find a new lib
> for you.

Hi PaulLiu,

If you'll pardon the question, why are you packaging a library that's
deprecated, one for which the upstream author's README now starts with "All
users of this project are urged to find an alternative as it is not maintained
anymore."?

I can't read the file contents while the package is still in the NEW queue, so
can't see if this question is already answered there.  But another thread has
started on debian-devel about the number of items in the NEW queue, and this
seemed an obvious question to ask about the package that's spent longest on the
queue.

Best regards,
Steve