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Bug#212076: Please remove tkxanim
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Proposal: Remove gutenbrowser from unstable & testing, and MIA its maintainer

[Nathanael Nerode]

Gutenbrowser is currently in non-US (but shouldn't be), and hasn't had a
maintainer upload since 2001.  It's accumulating bugs and doesn't seem to
work particularly well.

Its maintainer appears to have only the name "Viral".  Some of the other
packages by the maintainer at least claim that the maintainer is "Viral Shah".

But they indicate that the maintainer is MIA:

ent:  One upload, in 2001 (but appears bug-free -- if anyone's using it)
gutenbook: last upload in 2002, year-old crashing bug
intel-rng-tools: last upload in 2002
lsadb: No upload in history of PTS, never built?!?
mps: Last maintainer upload in 2002
pdfscreen: Last upload in 2002.  Year old spelling error bugs.
xmms-singit: Last maintainer upload in 2002

So I suggest the following course of action:
1.  See if Viral actually exists anymore.  If not,...
2.  Mark him MIA/emeritus.
3.  Orphan all his packages and reassign to QA.
4.  Remove gutenbrowser from testing.
5.  Consider removing gutenbrowser from unstable.

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Nathanael Nerode  
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html