70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread bendikker
You can also use: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/ The following GNU packages seem inactive for at least 5 years and are at least (most probably) not part of Debian. alive anubis archimedes avl ballandpaddle bpel2owfn ccide cim combine dap edma fontutils garpd gift gmediaserver gnatsweb gnows

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
* bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-03 20:41]: > You can also use: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/ > > The following GNU packages seem inactive for at least 5 years and > are at least (most probably) not part of Debian. Let me make few links for easier review. https://www.gnu.org/s/alive https://w

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
* bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-03 20:41]: > You can also use: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/ > > The following GNU packages seem inactive for at least 5 years and > are at least (most probably) not part of Debian. https://www.gnu.org/s/alive Alive is usable program. What means "inactive"? If

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
The following GNU packages seem inactive for at least 5 years and are at least (most probably) not part of Debian. Neither of those are good metrics or reasons to decommision a package.

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
* Alfred M. Szmidt [2019-09-03 21:26]: >The following GNU packages seem inactive for at least 5 years and are >at least (most probably) not part of Debian. > > Neither of those are good metrics or reasons to decommision a package. I also agree on that, there is no reason. Software nee

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread bendikker
Quoting Jean Louis : * Alfred M. Szmidt [2019-09-03 21:26]: The following GNU packages seem inactive for at least 5 years and are    at least (most probably) not part of Debian. Neither of those are good metrics or reasons to decommision a package. I also agree on that, there is no reason.

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
* bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-03 22:09]: > I dont know if this is the right way reply > My idea is that the absent of those in a distribution (some of those are > removed by Debian) might indicate stability issues or not usefull enough, so > maybe there are better existing options. > (At least

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
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 also a GNU/Linux distribution that we do not recommend.

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread bendikker
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 also a GNU/Linux distribution that we do not reco

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
* Alfred M. Szmidt [2019-09-03 22:33]: >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 also a GNU/Linux di

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
* bendik...@vfemail.net [2019-09-03 22:41]: > 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.

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Richard Stallman
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Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Nala Ginrut
I'm the author and maintainer of GNU XmlAT, I've been considering obsolete it for years. And I'd like to add other new meaningful project to GNU. Here's a brief reason. XmlAT was used to convert XML to s-expr as an intermediate presentation for multiple cases. And it can be output to other format

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
On September 4, 2019 6:08:50 AM UTC, Nala Ginrut wrote: > >I'm the author and maintainer of GNU XmlAT, I've been considering >obsolete it for years. And I'd like to add other new meaningful project >to >GNU. > >Here's a brief reason. >XmlAT was used to convert XML to s-expr as an intermediate >

Re: 70 inactive GNU packages to be decommis ?

2019-09-03 Thread Jean Louis
On September 4, 2019 6:08:50 AM UTC, Nala Ginrut wrote: > >I'm the author and maintainer of GNU XmlAT, I've been considering >obsolete it for years. And I'd like to add other new meaningful project >to >GNU. > >Here's a brief reason. >XmlAT was used to convert XML to s-expr as an intermediate >