Am 24.07.2018 um 18:53 schrieb Dererk: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: rm > > Dear RT. > > Please remove martian-modem from the Debian Archive. > > There are several reasons why to do so, first of all this software > provides kernel+user space support for quite ancient i386 hardware that > can no longer be acquired (to the extent of my searches, even externally > attached such as USB tty device). Just to have an idea, the only way > for me to even test this is by artificially keeping alive my old > thinkpad a20p (pentium III). > > On the other hand, upstream is way stalled (which also makes sense due > to the hw itself, right?), having incompatibility issues with gcc5, see > #799291. > > Applying patches and making it work with kernels >=2.6 and amd64 arch > might work, but since as explained above, this is anyway an attempt to > support hardware that most likely hardly anyone uses, we see no real > sense on it. > > Popcon is 2/5, from which most likely two of them are my installations, > heh.
Sounds like you actually want to remove the package from unstable, i.e. you need to file a bug against ftp.debian.org (or reassign this one) -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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