reassign 508413 ftp.debian.org retitle 508413 RM: cernlib -- RoM; orphaned, dead upstream reassign 508495 ftp.debian.org retitle 508495 RM: paw -- RoM: orphaned, buggy, dead upstream reassign 508496 ftp.debian.org retitle 508496 RM: geant321 -- RoM: orphaned, dead upstream reassign 508498 ftp.debian.org retitle 508498 RM: mclibs -- RoM: orphaned, dead upstream thanks
Hi, I know it seems a bit contradictory to have a "RoM: orphaned" title on these bug reports. Please read RoM as "request of former maintainer" if you like. I am of the opinion that the various CERNLIB packages are essentially unmaintainable and should be removed from Sid instead of continuing to be dead weight there. No one has completed the job of adopting them (though there were a couple people who had some initial interest, in CC) after more than two years spent orphaned, nor attempted to fix any bug reports for them for over a year. They were already purged from Squeeze prior to its release. Any remaining users really ought to switch to some other software, as upstream has been completely dead for five years now. (I would suggest ROOT, but tragically that seems to be no longer maintained within Debian either, and I wish I had the free time to do something about that.) I regret that it was not possible for CERNLIB to go into Squeeze to provide additional time for users to transition away, but maybe it's for the best. For more info, please see: [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2008/09/msg00028.html [2] http://bugs.debian.org/508413 [the cernlib RFA bug] Thanks and best regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <kmcca...@gmail.com> WWW: http://www.starplot.org/ GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikepeua+gm3ksmi4mraa-cvawqmdokw_oeq9...@mail.gmail.com
