On 2024-12-29 Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 01:08:49PM +0100, Ansgar 🐱 wrote: [...] >> I would also like to do something similar to unstable; maybe start with >> packages uploaded before some arbitrary date that are also not included >> in any of oldstable/stable/testing. These can cause problems like >> wasting time to investigate cruft removals, build failures, ... >> Does that seem reasonable as well?
> I earlier proposed unstable removals and am now operating a > semi-automatic unstable auto remover. Its semantics are as follows. > Consider packages that have an rc bug in unstable that hasn't been > interacted with within one year and where the package in question is not > part of stable nor testing and is not a key package. For each of those > packages file an important removal suggestion bug. Reassign such bugs to > ftp.d.o as RM/RoQA bugs to ftp after a month of idleness. This seems to > work out quite well and I removed more than 100 source packages this > way. > https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?user=helmutg%40debian.org&tag=sidremove > Feedback welcome. [...] Good morning, I think this needs a mechanism fo excempt packages which are kept out of testing *intentionally* with a dummy rc bug (like firefox's #817954). cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
