Hi Antonio,

On 2021/01/25 09:23 AM, Baptiste Beauplat wrote:
> 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

Have you decided the course of action for kboot-utils yet?

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Baptiste Beauplat - lyknode

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