Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
You might not recommend, but I use Trisquel. Depends on Debian. The question is, does GNU want us to spent time on those projects, or Is that precious time better spent elsewhere. That is up to each maintainer to decide. If you think a GNU project is useful, or you enjoy using then the

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread Jean Louis
* bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-05 22:57]: > After bit more research total 98 Official GNU packages found to be inactive > for at least 5 years. > > 54 were never part og Debian Debian is not GNU.org or FSF, do you understand? Those are 2 different groups, 2 different organizations, with

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread Jason Self
On Fri, 2019-09-06 at 15:36 +0800, Nala Ginrut wrote: > In my day job, we have to use Debian in our commercial products. I > understand Trisquel is still not ready for that case. A broad exclusion that Trisquel isn't ready for "commercial products" (whatever that means) seems a bit much. I'm not

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread Jason Self
On Fri, 2019-09-06 at 09:08 +, bendik...@vfemail.net wrote: > There are too many useless packages on   > https://www.gnu.org/software/software.html that destracts from the   > usefull ones. > > I want to promote usefull projects and ideas, now I too often promote > outdated and/or vague

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread bendikker
Quoting Jean Louis : * bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-06 09:18]: I can not directly respont to Jose E. Marchesi, I have get no mail. The fact alone that it is part of Debian says ferret has its use. Although the popularity is declining. It is interesting to mention at ferrets website that

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread Jean Louis
* bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-06 09:18]: > I can not directly respont to Jose E. Marchesi, I have get no mail. > > The fact alone that it is part of Debian says ferret has its use. Although > the popularity is declining. > It is interesting to mention at ferrets website that it is used by a >

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread Nala Ginrut
bendik...@vfemail.net writes: > Quoting a...@gnu.org: > >> If package is not in Debian GNU/Linux, for me this indicates nothing >> that relates to GNU packages, unless there is some specific discussion >> related to such specific package, or if there is specific bug report. >> Debian is

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-06 Thread bendikker
I can not directly respont to Jose E. Marchesi, I have get no mail. The fact alone that it is part of Debian says ferret has its use. Although the popularity is declining. It is interesting to mention at ferrets website that it is used by a university, I did not check if this is the case.