Package: src:isdnutils Severity: important PSA by Debian maintainer of isdnutils/isdnactivecards
As already reported in several places, Linux kernel has dropped
isdn4linux support in the development of the 5.3 version, to be released
by October-ish. As that change ulimately renders the related userland
packages useless - Debian kernel already disabled support years ago -
there is no sensible reason to provide these packages in any future
Debian releases.
While feeling quite sad about that development, I do have to state
Debian is not a muesum; and there is a point when it's about time to let
go. Many people will argue for i4l that point is already far in the past.
Therefore, I'll request removal of these two packages from testing and
unstable once kernel 5.3 hits Debian testing, somewhen in the fourth
quarter of 2019. Support in the already-released Debian versions, up to
and including 10 (buster) will continue until the respective
end-of-life.
Christoph
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