On 21/12/12 12:33, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > On 2012-12-21 12:04, Toni Mueller wrote: >>> In practice, isn't taxbird dead and therefore unlikely to change at >>> all in the future? I think if we include it in wheezy, we should >>> include the newest packaged version. >> >> Yes. The author works on a successor package that is based >> on XUL: http://stesie.github.com/geierlein/ and declares on >> his homepage that taxbird itself is dead. > > If it's already dead, is there any point shipping it in Wheezy at all? > 3+ years of support, without any guarantee we can rely on upstream, is a > long time. Not shipping it will not result in it being removed from > upgraded systems.
That seems sensible; how about requesting that ftpmaster remove the 'useless' version from testing for now? Then aim to make the version in sid, or any later revisions, available through wheezy-backports. That seems analogous to the 'volatile' idea. This would keep the package available to those who want it, yet reflects the fact it doesn't have the same level or duration of support as a typical package in stable. Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
