On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 10:08:40AM +0100, Tim Retout wrote: > On 9 August 2011 01:54, Dale Amon <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 12:02:58AM +0000, WNPP Monitor wrote: > >> The removal of the gramofile package in Debian has been requested. > > > > I strongly object. What else is available for splitting > > tracks off of cassette tapes and records? It's the best > > tool out there. > > > > This is a travesty, its like throwing out the crown jewels. > > Hmm, right. Maybe I've moved too fast here. > > The reasons for requesting removal are: > > - relatively low user base (although it is a niche product) > - inactive upstream > - OSS rather than ALSA (although we could add alsa-oss or something) > - the maintainer asked for it > - RC bug re: yada packaging (which is fixable) > > The alternative to removal is that we fix the yada packaging issue, > and either Daniel continues to maintain it without an upstream, or we > orphan the package. It would help the case for preserving gramofile > if someone were writing fixes for the bugs - would you be able to > contribute, or find someone who could, Dale? > > Kind regards,
What sort of bugs? I did do some code changes to it once 5 years ago or so. Trouble is I'm in the midst of starting a company right now (and trying to do enough consulting to stay alive in the meantime) so I'm multi-tasking morning to... morning. What is the packaging issue? I've done some packaging although I'm not a debian maintainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
