On Monday 07 May 2001 19:55, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > Jérôme, could you please file a ITO (intent to orphan) or maybe even a > > O: > > (orphaned) bug against wnpp for giram* ? The instructions on bug > > severity > > and how to do it are in http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp. If you've > > already > > done that, I apologise for the nitpick. > > I did not orphan it because I asked for its removal. The best way to make > sure everyone is warned about it is mailing debian-devel.
With over 6000 packages in woody, i think this is an interesting point. What about a Debian policy to remove packages for which alternatives are available with same or similar functionality *and* for which development has stopped or almost stopped completely? Egon
