Quoting Moritz Muehlenhoff (2020-06-12 10:20:31) > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 08:53:35AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Salvatore Bonaccorso (2020-06-11 22:54:43) > > > On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 02:09:10PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > Upstream releases are to be considered draft snapshots, > > > > and this package is therefore unsuitable for inclusion > > > > in long-term distributions like Debian stable. > > > > > > > > This bug should be bumped to release-critical state > > > > close to or after entering freeze - > > > > but not before so as to ease use for users tracking testing > > > > including derivatives based on Debian testing. > > > > > > Reading the above, so janus should not have been in buster, right? > > > > While in good faith, I am not sure what you are implying with the > > above: In an ideal World (where crystal balls or time machines > > exist), yes. > > > > Both filing this bugreport and the upstream statement triggering it > > occured _after_ the release of Buster, indicating lack of knowledge > > on the matter at the time of release of Buster (or, in bad faith, > > that it was known but kept secret - sure you cannot mean that). > > Don't read things into this which don't exist :-) > > The only question here was whether janus should continue to be in stable > or not, noone is accusing you of anything.
Thanks for confirmation :-) > > Sorry, I am not familiar with the procedures to do that, and > > appreciate your suggestion: Do I simply file a bugreport against > > ftp.debian.org as with removals from unstable/experimental, or which > > different runes should I throw? > > For this simply do "reportbug release.debian.org" and pick the "rm" > option. The removal (if agreeds by stable release managers), then > happens by the next point release. Yes, I figured that out (and tried communicate that shortly after I posted the above - sorry if that update didn't reach you), and should now have initiated the procedure with bug#962694. Thanks, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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