On 20-Feb-2001 Seth Arnold wrote: > * Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010220 10:39]: >> Anyone have comments on the idea that the only packages we should release >> are >> ones that have a maintainer, not Debian QA? > > In taking a quick list at the packages my machine knows about, it sure > appears that Debian could still be useful if all those packages were > thrown out. > > But, I am curious why you wish to do so. Is the Debian QA team getting > tired of being the QA team? Do those packages have inordinate amounts of > bugs compared to other packages? >
they are usually 2.x policy, not 3.x. A very small number of people are working on them, etc. Plus as others have said, if no one cares, the package should not be here.
