Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: wishlist Dear FTP masters,
Please remove libsem and its binary packages from the archive. The maintainer confirms that he wishes it to be dropped; the lack of a previous bug report to this effect is apparently an oversight. See quoted mail below. Barry deFreese wrote: > Yes it should be dropped from the archive. I thought I had requested > that but maybe I didn't do it. > > Thanks, > > Barry deFreese (aka bddebian) > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin B. McCarty" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:26 PM > Subject: Should libsem be removed from the Debian archive? > > >> Dear libsem maintainer, >> >> Are you still interested in taking care of the libsem package? >> I noticed that (as I reported at >> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2006/05/msg00026.html ) >> >> this package has at least one release-critical bug that is more than >> a >> month old, and in addition it generates no binary package for which >> popcon lists more than about 10 installations. (This is the RC bug >> list: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/311258 >> >> and for the popcon report, see here: >> >> http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?popcon=libsem ) >> >> If you no longer have the time or interest to maintain libsem, >> and no one else can be found to maintain it, perhaps it should be >> removed from the Debian archive since it is critically buggy and used >> by >> very few people. I would be happy to file a bug against the >> pseudopackage ftp.debian.org on your behalf to request the removal of >> libsem. Please let me know whether or not I may do so. >> >> After a suitable period of time to collect replies (two weeks), I >> plan >> to write to the debian-qa mailing list. I'll give a summary of the >> source packages listed at the first URL above for which I received >> affirmative, negative, and no responses. >> >> best regards, >> >> -- >> Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department >> WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University >> GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 > > -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) best regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
