On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 03:21:50PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:27:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:47:34AM -0600, Michael Ablassmeier wrote: > >>> While reviewing packages that were not included in Etch, your package came > >>> up as a package that should maybe be orphaned by its maintainer, because: > >>> > >>> * Several Release Critical Bugs more than 1 Year old > >>> * Last Upload / Action back in 2005 > >>> > >>> If you think that it should be removed from Debian instead of being > >>> orphaned, > >>> please reply to this bug and tell so. > >> as upstream, i request it to be removed: > >> > >> * debian hasn't included a new upstream version for well over two years > >> * lessdisks is no longer maintained upstream > >> * ltsp is available in etch as a viable alternative for most uses > >> > >> please see debian bug #389498 for more information (maybe it should be > >> merged with this one). > > > > thanks for your quick response, im reassigning this bug to ftp.debian.org > > in order to request its removal, > > No, please don't. > > I am not done using lessdisks, and ltsp has not proved a viable > substitution for me.
i would love to see feature requests and wishlist bugs describing what you don't like about ltsp. > Please let it hang in unstable for a while still. > > > The RC bugs are related to changes in initial ramdisk generators, of > which I maintain one of them. So the software itself is not broken, only > it is not currently appropriate to include it with an official Debian > release. as well as numerous policy violations... some of which more than a year and a half old... it is a great disappointment that a "request for help" has never been filed. > Upstream abandoning the software does not mean the software is unusable. > If (or when, hopefully) I find time to fix the (relatively small) > changes needed to get it into releasable shape, I intend to take over as > new upstream. if you do not find the time to get it into a releaseable shape within the next couple months, including adopting a newer upstream version, i respectfully request that you fork and rename your project, as it has been a terrible reflection of the state of lessdisks for the past several years now. i hope the future looks better. :) live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
