I'd like to strongly object to the removal of this package from Debian.
As per the Debian social contract: "4. Our priorities are our users and free software. We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community. *We will place their interests first in our priorities*". It is my understanding that the needs of our users was the main reason that Charles' getmail was replaced by the getmail6 fork. What has changed since then? Also, per the same social contract: "4. Integrity of the Author's Source Code (...) The license may require derived works to carry a different name or version number from the original software. (This is a compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors not to restrict any files, source or binary, from being modified)". As far as I am aware, the license under which getmail is distributed does not have this requirement other than that "(y)ou must cause the the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change." I believe getmail6 sufficiently meets this requirement. If it doesn't, please point out how and where it doesn't so this can be addressed.
