Tobias Frost schreef op 2018-08-23 22:34:
Package: wnpp
The current maintainer of freecdb, Gerrit Pape <p...@smarden.org>,
is apparently not active anymore. Therefore, I orphan this package
now.
I take this as an example of the many packages to be orphaned in one go.
I looked into it and I see only one minor bug
and a few whishlist items. One wishlist item of 2007 contains a patch
(.diff)
and is not rejected nor adapted, or even acknowledged.
I think that is not acceptable. So I can see that measures have to be
taken.
OTOH the lack of maintenance doesn't pose problems to Debian users,
so there seems no need to remove this package from Debian immediately.
Doesn't it make more sense to put such packages up for adoption
instead of orphaning it?
Maybe there is more to it, like superseeded by a better program,
low quality, obsoleteness etc.
P.S.
I would not have made this remarks if it was phrased
"Therefore, I orphan this package of low interest to Debian now."
Groetjes Albert
--
Suffering is the prerogative of the strong, the weak -- perish.
Albert van der Horst
