Your message dated Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:34:48 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#983068: RM: xscorch -- RoQA; dead upstream;
unmaintained; depeds on removed readline-gplv2 and others
has caused the Debian Bug report #983068,
regarding RM: xscorch -- RoQA; dead upstream; unmaintained; depeds on removed
readline-gplv2 and others
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Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Dear FTP Masters,
please remove xscorch. Upstream has vanished, and Debian ships this as a
native package - upstream also hasn't touched "our" package in many
years.
It also build-depends on the recently removed GPLv2 readline, as well as
GTKv2, and while we can fix the former, someone would be very motivated
for the GTK port...
I'll mark this bug moreinfo for a few weeks in case someone shows up,
but otherwise let's let go of it.
Best,
Chris
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Hi Jacob,
* Jacob Luna Lundberg <[email protected]> [210219 17:33]:
>
> I am both the Debian maintainer and part of "upstream" ... I have
> discussed this with the co-author of the xscorch project and we do not
> have any time or intent to do another GTK upgrade right now. The GTK2
> update was effectively a large part of what killed the project in the
> first place. It's a lot more fun to work on features than on a complete
> graphics rewrite just because programmers can never let well enough
> alone.
[..]
Cool, thanks for writing back.
It appears the given homepage is gone?
I'll close this bug report for now.
Chris
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