Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 ftp.debian.org Control: retitle -2 RM: ftjam -- RoQA; upstream dead, obsolete dh compat levels, replacements exist
Hi, * ydir...@free.fr <ydir...@free.fr> [220728 11:05]: > > I guess some users of the improved jam could still exist, but given > > ftjam has not seen any updates since 2007, and jam before that even > > longer, I find this somewhat unlikely. [..] > > Otherwise I'll raise severity of this bug over time and eventually > > might ask for removal from Debian. > > I've pondered this in the past, and concluded that the maintenance load > was low enough not to bother. ftjam has not been in testing since 2021-12-29, and there are two RC bugs open (debhelper compat level, required build-target). > OTOH the popcon graph clearly shows the decline of this legacy package. > It would seem like a good moment to drop it. Lets do that now. Cloning bug to ftp.debian.org to ask for removal. Thanks, Chris
