> > [NEW] kde-designer (#127711), orphaned today > > [NEW] kdebase (#127706), orphaned today > > [NEW] kdelibs (#127705), orphaned today > > [NEW] kdemultimedia (#127707), orphaned today > > [NEW] kinkatta (#127708), orphaned today > > [NEW] lcms (#127701), orphaned today > > [NEW] libmng (#127702), orphaned today > > [NEW] libqt3-psql (#127709), orphaned today > > [NEW] meta-kde (#127698), orphaned today > > [NEW] qt-embedded- (#127696), orphaned today > > [NEW] qt-embedded-free (#127697), orphaned today > > [NEW] qt-x11 (#127694), orphaned today > > [NEW] qt-x11-free (#127695), orphaned today > > [- snip -] > > Just out of curiosity, why have all these packages been orphaned suddenly?
> There was no prior notice of this on either this list or debian-devel. Because some arrogant assholes (called debian maintaners officially) have flamed Ivan on debian-devel for his very hard volunteer work. The most interesting is that they think they did it on behalf of Debian KDE Users. I can only add I fully understand Ivan's decision after reading the whole thread about libpng package on debian-devel.