On 11/12/07 at 22:31 +0100, Eric Lavarde wrote: > Hi, > > I kindly object to having groovy removed! I absolutely need it for the next > FreeMind release, that I expect to get in Debian at last! > > In response to Marcus (Better), I looked a while ago in groovy and there > were still some packages missing, but, in deed, doing a better job than > currently shouldn't be too hard. > > OK, I can have a look if nobody else wants it. Is the maintainer Markus > Crafter somewhat MIA?
He is. The package has been orphaned (see #382815), but then Torsten Werner (added to Cc) ITAed it. Lucas > Paul Wise wrote: >> On Dec 10, 2007 7:14 AM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> It was reported to the Security Team, that groovy embeds a lot of packages, >>>> several of them security-sensitive: >> <snip> >>>> Since it's in contrib, it's not security-supported, but given the state of >>>> it (outdated, >>>> hardly any users) it should likely be just removed? >>> Unless anyone objects within the next days, I'll file an RM bug. >> >> Perhaps people on the debian-java list should be given the chance to >> adopt or fix groovy or give an opinion on it's usefulness? CCing them. >> >> I'm also hoping icedtea will happen for lenny so maybe it will be able >> to move to main. >> > > -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
