Your message dated Sun, 06 Aug 2017 05:12:21 +0000
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and subject line Bug#870781: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #870781,
regarding RM: hostap-utils -- ROM; obsolete, abandoned upstream
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Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
hostap-utils contains utilities to be used with the "hostap" kernel
driver, a driver for once popular 802.11b PCMCIA and PCI cards, Intersil
Prism 2, 2.5 and 3. The last of these chipsets was released in 2003 or
so. (Prism's 802.11b USB chipset, as well as the 802.11g chipsets, are
different and supported by other drivers).
The last version of hostap-utils was released by upstream in 2005, and
it was last uploaded to Debian in 2008. While the Linux kernel package
still builds the driver, I'd be surprised if the hardware is used by
anyone these days. Even if it is, I hardly expect these people to use
buster for them.
While the package probably still works, despite being horribly outdated,
I fail to see the point of maintaining it further. I think it's time to
let it go and remove it from Debian buster onwards.
Regards,
Faidon
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--- Begin Message ---
We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:
hostap-utils | 1:0.4.7-1 | source
hostap-utils | 1:0.4.7-1+b2 | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mips64el,
mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
------------------- Reason -------------------
ROM; obsolete, abandoned upstream
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Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it). Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next
dinstall run at the earliest.
Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is
really needed, please contact them if this should be the case.
We try to close bugs which have been reported against this package
automatically. But please check all old bugs, if they were closed
correctly or should have been re-assigned to another package.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
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