I am not currently using anything on the wnpp-list, but it seems to me that not all these packages are better off gotten rid off.
Does anyone know something about the importance of these packages? Has/can someone run this against the popularity-contest? My point is that I could prolly adopt a package or two, but have no knowledge or particular interest in what is being offered. On the other hand we should probably take care of the packages we have before we take on new ones, I suppose. I would suspect packages like: exim-tls udhcpd defoma(!) mserver scanmail mnogosearch cadaver phpgroupware pppoeconf pptp-linux to be of some importance. I feel obliged to take responsibility for at least one of them, but - as I said - I use none of them (except for defoma of course). So, do we have some way of separating that which we really want to get rid off from that which unfortuneately has been orphaned? More over I wish to revive the inflammable discussion as to whether or not it would be a good idea to have a section in the archives for unmaintained, much like non-US or non-free. I really think it is the best thing for our users if they can see up front that the package that they are about to install is not necessarily likely to be bugfixed in the foreseeable future. Furthermore if they don't have the skills to fix things themselves, then they just cut of that apt-source. Lars. On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:32:33AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Report about packages that need work for Apr 11, 2003 > > Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 63 > Number of packages offered up for adoption this week: 3 > Total number of orphaned packages: 196 > Number of packages orphaned this week: 26 > -- Lars Bahner: http://lars.bahner.com/; Voice: +4792884492; Fax: +4792974492 Key fingerprint = A913 7B54 E5FC 804D C12B 18DE 493D 83DE 5DE6 C5D6
