Hi Christian,
Thanks for the tip. I'll look for a more vibrant package then.

Maria

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Christian Perrier <bubu...@debian.org>wrote:

> Quoting Maria Nelson (pineapple...@gmail.com):
> > Hi all,
> >   I had mentioned in a previous thread that I'd like to pick up the
> orphaned
> > vbpp. But after a 2nd look, I realized that the upstream website is gone.
> > Also, the person that maintained the package 3 years ago was of the
> opinion
> > that this vbpp package should be maintained along with another package
> > "vbs". And "vbs" has been removed from Debian completely as off 2007.
> >
> > Are these pretty good indications that perhaps this package should just
> be
> > left alone?
>
> IMHO, yes.
>
> Even more, I'd even suggest that you file an Request For Removal bug
> report (filing the bug against ftp.debian.org) for that package, maybe
> after getting mor efacts such as its popularity contest score, date of
> last upload, etc.
>
> Not being online right now, I can't point you to the correct
> instructions for such removal requests bug reports, but I don't doubt
> that other list readers will give good advice. The whole Debian elite
> is reading d-w.....
>
>
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