Your message dated Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:53:42 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#1105218: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #1105218, regarding RM: w9wm -- RoM; unmaintained upstream, outdated to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: w9wm Version: 0.4.2-8 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: Mats Erik Andersson <[email protected]>, Package Salvaging Team <[email protected]> Dear maintainer, I suggest removing w9wm from Debian for the following reasons: * It accumulated two bugs with patches * There are no votes in popcon https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=w9wm&show_installed=on&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 * The description says "It shares most of its appearance with the window manager 9wm, from which it descends". However, the 9wm windowmaker is Debian is much more recent than w9wm where development seems to have stopped. This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package. In case the package should be kept in unstable, please say so here. I would volunteer to update the Vcs fields from SVN to Git on Salsa, apply the patches to fix the open bugs and modernise packaging. In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this bug report: Control: severity -1 normal Control: retitle -1 RM: w9wm -- RoM; unmaintained upstream, outdated Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:w9wm Alternatively, you may wait until after Trixie is released and have it reassigned. In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug. Control: tags -1 + wontfix Your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to familiarize newcomers with a consistent Git-based workflow. Kind regards Andreas. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.12.22-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE:de Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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--- Begin Message ---We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following package(s) have been removed from unstable: w9wm | 0.4.2-8 | source w9wm | 0.4.2-8+b1 | armel, mips64el, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x w9wm | 0.4.2-8+b2 | amd64, armhf, i386 w9wm | 0.4.2-8+b3 | arm64 ------------------- Reason ------------------- RoM; unmaintained upstream, outdated ---------------------------------------------- Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug. The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references it). Please also remember that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is really needed, please contact them if this should be the case. We try to close bugs which have been reported against this package automatically. But please check all old bugs, if they were closed correctly or should have been re-assigned to another package. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected]. The full log for this bug can be viewed at https://bugs.debian.org/1105218 This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Paul Tagliamonte (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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