On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:47:24AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: [...] > After quickly analyzing the situation, I am requesting the removal of > cons from the archive. My reasoning is: > > 1. cons' last upload was in 2016, and the prior one was in 2006 > 2. cons has no reverse dependencies in the archive > 3. It was not part of buster, and most probably won't make it to > bullseye > 4. RC bug #904627 dates back to 2018, and has had no interaction > 5. The package's popcon is very low (12). It had a peak nearing 100 > back in 2008, but has a steady downward tendence since ~2013. [...]
I agree. Cons has essentially been supplanted by SCons (albeit Conscripts are not directly compatible with SCons, some work is required to migrate). I no longer use Cons as I've migrated all my Cons-based project to SCons, and furthermore Cons has unresolved bugs that probably will never be fixed. Upstream has essentially abandoned it many years ago. I have no plans to make any further uploads of Cons. It may be safely removed from the archive. T -- It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. -- Sammy
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