On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 04:47:14PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > In November, the following packages have been orphaned:
> ccc Compaq C Compiler for Linux Alpha > cfal Compaq Fortran Compiler for Linux Alpha > cfalrtl Compaq Fortran Run-Time Library (installer) > cpml Compaq Portable Math Library (installer) > cxml Compaq Extended Math Library (installer) > libots Compaq Compiled Code Support Library (installer) > They are "just" downloaders&installers in contrib for RPM's targetted at > alpha. Some of the download URL's are broken, all of the open bugs are > about gettext translations, there's many lintian errors for each, > there's next to no popcon-user for any of the packages. Abandoned > upstream and gcc seems a good replacement (according to previous > maintainer). Hmm, really? Do you have a reference on that last bit? THe last I knew, Compaq's compilers still created better-optimized code than gcc would on alpha. > I think you get my point: I think it's better to drop this set of six > source packages rather than maintain them within the QA Group. > Objections against filing removal bugs? I don't object either way, for me they're not worth using due to their non-free status. Life's too short. :) Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
