On 2021/01/25 12:18 AM, Antonio Ospite wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:12:54 +0100 > Baptiste Beauplat <lykn...@cilg.org> wrote: > > > Hi Antonio, > > > > kboot-utils, one of the packages you maintain in Debian has an old, > > unreachable > > Maitainer address. Could you please update it to prevent it from getting > > removed? > > > > See below the original bug report. > > > > Thank you for reporting this Baptiste. > > I am actually not sure how useful kboot-utils is nowadays, it was mainly > developed to make it easier to boot kernels on the Sony PS3, but I don't > think the PS3 is supported by Debian directly anymore. > > However I would be happy to update the package anyway if there was > someone interested to sponsor it, since I cannot upload packages > myself and the I doubt my usual sponsor would be interested in it.
Well, installation stats for kboot-utils are close to 0 [1]. A possible solution would be to request its removal [2]. If it appears that it was actually needed, it could be re-introduced at a later point (not for the next stable but I don't think that's a problem). [1]: https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=kboot-utils [2]: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#removing-packages -- Baptiste Beauplat - lyknode
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