Am Sonntag, 9. Januar 2011, 15:35:35 schrieb Holger Levsen: > So, removals needs to be done, but they also need to be communicated _well_ > (else where then on -testing-changes, thats a dump, not communication).
In addition to what you said, packages.d.o should not "forget" about removed packages but provide hints about when they were present, why they were removed, if the removal is temporary or likely permanent and what possible alternatives are. Somehow this information is already available in various hidden places linked from packages.qa.debian.org, but this is often cumbersome to find. It took me a while to find out where http://packages.debian.org/apt-proxy had gone, for example. If this information is made available in a structured format, some uncrufting tool could be used to wipe out outdated packages or warn about temporary removals due to release (e.g., eucalyptus-cloud). Josef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201101091634.45502.2...@kuarepoti-dju.net
