Le 07/02/2021 à 19:27, Russ Allbery a écrit : > The more interesting question is what if there simply isn't resources to > adopt them and maintain them properly. In that case, are we better off > with them, or without them? > > I don't think this answer is obvious, but I would lean towards saying > we're better off with them. >
The recent re-upload of xserver-xorg-video-* drivers is a good example of (maybe) unmaintained but useful packages. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=955603 Several xserver-xorg-video-* (like xserver-xorg-video-r128) were removed by this bug because: > They are either unmaintained upstream or provide no value to the > distribution. But were still being useful for users as shown by these comments on #955603: > Please keep these drivers. They work as just fine, and many people > still use them. They have not been dropped by upstream X.org, and there > is no reason to drop them from Debian. Without these drivers, it will > make running Debian desktop on this hardware impossible. One of the > things that makes Debian great is the backward compatibility. It's very > sad to see destructive actions like this being taken. Please don't just > throw away all the work that people have put into these drivers over > the years, and please don't orphan their users! Another comment: > those modules are STILL IN RECENT SERVERS like r128 (rage) and > openchrome via boards > > proliant hp and DELL ones! These drivers were reintroduced last friday. -- Alexis Murzeau PGP: B7E6 0EBB 9293 7B06 BDBC 2787 E7BD 1904 F480 937F |
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