On 2024-08-20 Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> wrote: > Hi fellow developers,
> (modified resend, as first attempt didn't arrive) > please allow me to open a can of worms. Package removal from unstable. > Deciding when it is time to remove a package from unstable is difficult. > There may be users still and it is unclear whether keeping the package > imposes a cost. In this mail I want to argue for more aggressive package > removal and seek consensus on a way forward. +1 > What does a package cost? > There are various QA-related teams looking at packages from other [ a lot] I always notice this whenever I make a pretty minor transition, about half the packages I have to deal with are of dubious usefulness and quite unmaintainted. [...] > mixer.app [...] On one hand I am proud that I managed to remove it early from testing OTOH I should have had it removed from sid years ago. Bug filed now. cu Andreas
