Bug#328650: very old package, should this be removed?
retitle 328650 O: zorroutils -- Zorro bus utilities for Amigas running 2.1 and
later kernels
severity 328650 normal
reassign 328650 wnpp
thankskbye
Chris Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[... proposal to remove zorroutils ...]
AFAIK, there have been no new upstream releases, but this package is
useful on the m68k architecture (equivalent to lspci, etc.). If
someone wants to adopt it from me (I don't have an m68k box any more),
that's fine, but I don't think it should be removed.
OK, I've recycled this bug report to make a notice in the WNPP lists.
The interesting stuff for adopters:
Source: zorroutils
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Standards-Version: 3.1.0.0
Build-Depends: debhelper
Package: zorroutils
Architecture: m68k powerpc
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Description: Zorro bus utilities for Amigas running 2.1 and later kernels
This package includes a program called lszorro that translates the
/proc/bus/zorro hierarchy into human-readable form; it replaces the
functionality from the /proc/zorro file provided under Linux 2.0 and
below.
.
This package is only useful on Amiga computers using AutoConfig
(however, it works on systems without the Zorro bus, despite the name).
Marc
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Bug#328650: very old package, should this be removed?
Package: zorroutils Version: 0.03-1 Severity: serious Hi, During the Debian QA meeting hold during Sept. 09th till 11th, we decided that looking at packages that haven't been uploaded for a very long time could cover up some QA problems. I've done this now and your package showed up on the list. I propose to remove it. It has nearly no users and is very out of date wrt to Debian's policies. This usually means that your package matched some of the following criteria: [1] Your packages has not had a maintainer upload for more than three years. [2] has one or more RC bugs with no answer from the maintainer (**) [3] the state of your packages in general seems to indicate that you might be MIA [4] (if we propose a removal) it shows in popcon as having less than 100 users with the package installed. [5] the package was not released with sarge and at least ([1] and ( [2] or [3] or [4] or [5] )) was true. (**) The maintainer not answering to RC bugs refers to bugs filed more than one month before the time the check was performed. After 7 days without answer from you (the maintainer) we will reassign this bug to either WNPP (in case we propose to orphan it) or ftp.debian.org (in case we propose to remove it). The package will need an upload or an explanation for this action not to proceed. Please do *not* upload a package just to get off this list - it won't help the package at all. Maintainers should be responsive and feel responsible for their packages without needing other people to force them to do work. Sometimes, finding a new maintainer or even removing the package completly from the archive is better for Debian's users. Thanks! Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#328650: very old package, should this be removed?
On 9/16/05, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: zorroutils Version: 0.03-1 Severity: serious Hi, During the Debian QA meeting hold during Sept. 09th till 11th, we decided that looking at packages that haven't been uploaded for a very long time could cover up some QA problems. I've done this now and your package showed up on the list. I propose to remove it. It has nearly no users and is very out of date wrt to Debian's policies. This usually means that your package matched some of the following criteria: [1] Your packages has not had a maintainer upload for more than three years. [2] has one or more RC bugs with no answer from the maintainer (**) [3] the state of your packages in general seems to indicate that you might be MIA [4] (if we propose a removal) it shows in popcon as having less than 100 users with the package installed. [5] the package was not released with sarge and at least ([1] and ( [2] or [3] or [4] or [5] )) was true. (**) The maintainer not answering to RC bugs refers to bugs filed more than one month before the time the check was performed. After 7 days without answer from you (the maintainer) we will reassign this bug to either WNPP (in case we propose to orphan it) or ftp.debian.org (in case we propose to remove it). The package will need an upload or an explanation for this action not to proceed. Please do *not* upload a package just to get off this list - it won't help the package at all. Maintainers should be responsive and feel responsible for their packages without needing other people to force them to do work. Sometimes, finding a new maintainer or even removing the package completly from the archive is better for Debian's users. AFAIK, there have been no new upstream releases, but this package is useful on the m68k architecture (equivalent to lspci, etc.). If someone wants to adopt it from me (I don't have an m68k box any more), that's fine, but I don't think it should be removed. Chris -- Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/
