Hi, I'm just speaking out as one of those few users of dselect: please continue to maintain it. It's usually the first package I install on a new Debian-based system I get under my hands.
Maybe it does fewer things respect to the alternatives but it does them fast and good enough. I feel always in command with it and I can always sort out what I want quite quickly, no matter how complex is the dependency chain I need to manage. Thanks, Domenico