On 8/26/18 8:50 AM, Stuart Prescott wrote: > On Saturday, 25 August 2018 23:05:51 AEST Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >> On 8/25/18 7:45 PM, Christoph Biedl wrote: >>> Christoph, who'd like to have a usable qlandkartegt in Debian - how is >>> QMapShack supposed to be a replacement? >> Upstream stopped developing QLGT and switches his attention to QMS. >> >> You will have to take over maintenance of qlandkartegt if you want to >> keep it in Debian, but the package and upstream development. As long as >> there is no one actively working on QLGT upstream the fate of the >> package is sealed. >> >> No one in the Debian GIS team is willing to maintain this EOL package >> any longer, qmapshack is were we invest our effort. > > Please file a WNPP bug that orphans qlandkarte. That signals to others that > they can (and should) take over maintenance of the package. > > ยง5.9.4 of the Developers Reference covers the case where the existing > maintainers are unwilling to maintain a package any longer: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch05.en.html#orphaning
No, EOL software should be removed. The QA team is not the place for EOL and broken packages. The removal of qlandkartegt was a long time coming, since it's been superseded by qmapshack in Debian and upstream, this issue was just the trigger. If you want a usable qlandkartegt in Debian, you first need to revive upstream development, after which the package can be revived. Kind Regards, Bas
