On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 07:19:43PM +0200, Linus Lüssing wrote: > Hi Moritz, > > Thank you for your commitment in ensuring a certain quality > standard in software distributed via Debian. > > However, I'm a little disappointed that the israndom package got > removed now. It worked pretty reliable for me, I love using it still > and as far as I know there is no alternative to it in the Debian > repositories. (big thanks to the former maintainer and developer, > Rudi!) > > The only issue I was having with it was [1]. Which seems as far as > I can tell to have been introduced via your removal request of > libcomplearn-mod-lzmax and libcomplearn-mod-ppm back in Februrary/March 2011 > [2],[3],[4] (at least installing these packages from Debian testing worked > flawlessly for me). > > Could it be that libcomplearn-mod-lzmax and libcomplearn-mod-ppm > were wrongly, accidentally marked as "Virtually unused"/"No revdeps", > maybe because "israndom" (and "anycompress" from the complearn-tools > package, too) was missing a "Suggests" (or maybe even a "Recommends") > for them, making this relation less obvious? > > > So my question is, could those three packages be readded to > Debian unstable, with "israndom" (and complearn-tools) having a > "Recommends" or "Suggests" for the libcomplearn-mod-* added as > there aren't any issues with them (afaik) other than having no > maintainer?
The packages can be reintroduced when they find someone who's interested in maintaining them. Since Debian is a do-ocracy and you seem to be interested in keeping/using them, that person might just as well be you. You can find introductory information at http://mentors.debian.net/. I can also sponsor your uploads, ping me by mail if needed. Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
