Hello, The problem with the qiime removal imho is less the extra work that you ask for, but the message sent to our users of testing that they cannot rely on us - I know it says "testing", but this is exactly what they should be allowed to do reliably.
Researchers using qiime use the latest version since the scientific field (identify the relative abundance of microbiota) develops so quickly. The individuals who decided for qiime on Debian (not the upstream-provided binary distribution) find testing a natural environment. They are on the latest scientifically and run on the latest technically. This goes together. Now, when you retract packages for no scientific reason or for a technical reason that would affect them, then they will look to Debian with big eyes asking "why did you do this to us?". This harms Debian considerably. Debian's official response typically is that those individuals should not be using Debian testing in the first place. Sadly, those affected will not be using any Debian but then prefer one of our downstream distros. And they will spread the message. I know, the problem is old. And you may not have any immediate answer that would make me happy. Just kindly think about it anyway. Kind regards, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/trinity-f85254b5-d657-4820-a356-4d2a7369b01a-1390375616131@3capp-gmx-bs37
