On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Chris Lamb<la...@debian.org> wrote: > Simon McVittie wrote: > >> However, I'm not sure whether Debian really benefits enough from having >> bogosort to resolve this RC bug by fixing it rather than removing it: > > I agree. I also value Ansgar contribution - sorry to shoot it down. > > Michael, you're currently listed as the maintainer of bogosort. Would you > object greatly if one of us filed an RM bug? > > Due to timing issues wrt squeeze (and also I understand you are very busy > these days) I think it would be better if this defaulted to one of us filing > the bug if no objection is forthcoming in, say, 3 weeks.
I originally packaged it as a curiosity, so I have no objection to it being removed from the distribution. It's not as useful as a shuffler now that shuf is in an essential package, and there are better ways to tax your CPU than running pathologically bad sorting algorithms. Michael Janssen --- Jamuraa --- jamu...@base0.net --- jamu...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
