On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 09:38:02PM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > > > I believe that orphanage is a burden to our community [...] > > > > > > Who is this a burden for? > > Transitions. Mandatory packaging changes, like python helper one. > > True, a package can get an RC bug and be removed during these processes > > but that requires more time and more effort > > Both pro-active and reactive removals cost time and effort. I don't > think the difference is significant. But I don't have hard numbers. A > study on what method is best would cost time and effort in itself. If that RoM is done instead of O it's hardly any effort. But it takes a lot of effort to study a package affected by your transition and find out what to do with it.
> > and do we even remove orphaned packages if they have an RC bug? > > Yes, packages with RC bugs are automatically removed from testing > nowadays. Which, of course, is not the same as removing them from unstable. > > > If no-one used the package, then sure, the package is really useless. > > > But if at least some people are using it, it has value. > > Should unrelated people spend time on packages they don't care about? > No, that's why they are orphaned in the first place. But Debian is a distribution, not a pile of random packages, and we spend effort to make those packages work together. This requires spending time on packages which nobody else cares about but which are still a part of the distribution. -- WBR, wRAR
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