Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Control: affects -1 + src:looking-glass
User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org
Usertags: rm
X-Debbugs-Cc: l...@ring0.de
Hi SRM,
looking-glass upstream has requested removing this package from stable
releases. I don't think this is something we commonly do, but they have
told me that the presence of older versions has caused them significant
support overhead.
In practice, using looking-glass requires installing a companion app
(looking-glass-host) inside a Windows VM. The host app is distributed
separately by upstream, so it is easy to end up with mismatched
host+client versions which basically ends up not working. Older versions
lack many features and performance optimizations too, so IMO there is
limited value in keeping them around.
At the moment I have opened a separate bug (#1094308) to keep the
package out of testing as well.
Best,
James
