On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 10:24:28AM +0100, Xavier Lüthi wrote:
> "Francesco P. Lovergine" <fran...@debian.org> a écrit :
> > severity 460338 grave
> I agree to raise the severity of this bug as it renders the package
> unusable.
<snip>
> In the past month, I've tried to have apt-proxy's package in a better
> shape, but the number of bugs related to the core part of the
> application is really high and really requires a core developer to fix
> them.
>
> As apt-proxy do not have anymore any active developper but only some
> package maintainers, and taking into account the number of bugs filed
> for apt-proxy, I think it's a reasonable proposition to remove
> apt-proxy from the archive.
>
> Is anyone against this proposition ?
Given that you did most of the work in recent times, I believe you're
entitled to take the decision alone. Anyhow I'm explicitly copying the
other listed maintainers of the package which, according to the home
page, are also the last ones which worked on the code in an "upstream"
mood.
However, instead of removing the package from the archive, I suggest
turning it into a dummy transitional package which depends on the most
appropriate replacement (according to this bug log, that seems to be
apt-cacher-ng), with a README.Debian that points out how to easily
achieve a working setup with that replacement, and/or even a
NEWS.Debian. That way the upgrade path for users would be easier.
After a release cycle, the transition package can be safely removed.
Just my 0.02€,
Cheers.
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