Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Please could you remove netkit-base (netkit-inetd, netkit-ping) from unstable (and testing once this is possible)?
netkid-base is: * abandoned upstream for many years * unmaintained in Debian for two years * does not build from unpatched upstream source * upstream source is of poor quality * it will never support IPv6 * netkit-inetd is superceded in testing and unstable by openbsd-inetd * netkit-inetd now has no reverse dependencies (other than an alternative depends in ltsp-server, which is being dealt with; this should not prevent removal. See #382681 for more detail). * netkit-ping has three reverse dependencies (mrtg-ping-probe, heartbeat, heartbeat-2) but all are alternative dependencies. I will be filing bugs against these three packages, but all allow iputils-ping as the alternative. Regards, Roger -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
