Hi, On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 05:19:06PM +1100, Paul Wise wrote: > Any particular reason you didn't contact the debian-java mailing list > about this software, which is pretty important for Java development? > I've done that just now in this post: > > https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/1455084815.15189.5.ca...@debian.org
popcon showed only 62 installations with only 5 recent users. The last update was in 2012 which means it would likely struggle with Java 8, given Java 8 hadn't been released at that time. > Please be a bit less trigger-happy with removals, especially with > software that has reverse dependencies (check-all-the-things). While I probably could have CC'd the Java list, I did have an important severity bug on the package for more than a month before requesting removal, stating that I would request removal to give anyone interested a chance to register their interest. This was a very clear candidate for removal from Debian, as it was not a high quality package, due to it being outdated and so not supporting the latest language features, and no one was stepping forward to improve it. Thanks, Iain. --
