On 11/5/20 3:13 PM, Joachim Wiedorn wrote: > Hello Ryan, > > I have seen your patch. > > Please notice, that I don't want to maintain this package anymore. And > because of better software nowadays (grub2) it should not get into next > Debian Release. You should check 'popcon' where you see that only a handful > of machines use this (old) software today. > > So I will orphan this package. > And I will block it, so that it won't get into Debian Bullseye. > > Is that o.k. for you?
I do not have a strong opinion either way; I fixed the FTBFS as part of a series of GCC-10 FTBFS RCs which affected Finnix. In theory lilo would be of use to utility CDs like Finnix for fixing old (ancient) installations, but even that's pushing it these days. I don't think you should file an Orphan WNPP, as that assumes the software should still be in Debian, but needs a maintainer. Instead, I think you should file an ROM against ftp.debian.org to get it removed from sid. Considering you are also upstream, this makes the argument for full removal easier since it's effectively abandoned upstream. Thanks, Ryan
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