Hello, On Thu 12 Sep 2024 at 12:42pm +02, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Hi Sean, > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:28:13AM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: >> > I hope that this alleviates your concerns about the autoremoval method >> > and lets us focus on the suggested removal. >> >> It does, thank you. > > Great! > >> I note that cycle-quotes has actually been orphaned for four years -- >> see #904238. So I think you can decide to remove it on your own. >> >> (I think this suggests your script should look at wnpp bugs which >> haven't seen uploads to update metadata, to save you some work.) > > I intentionally do not consider the orphaned status as a criterion. Right, my point was that you can take the decision on your own. > There are a number of well-maintained and yet orphaned packages. I am > using the orphaned status myself to ease collaboration on some packages > while still caring for them and the fact that you replied to this bug > here indicates that you also somewhat care about cycle-quotes. Hmm. I think we understand the state differently. I think it's important that someone can totally give up responsibility for volunteer work. That's why I orphaned this package. I don't want to take any decisions about it. But from my perspective you are free to. -- Sean Whitton
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