Excerpts from Esa Peuha's message of 2016-01-01 03:32:45 -0800:
> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015, Clint Byrum wrote:
>
> > I orphaned it a long time ago, and nobody has stepped up to maintain, so
> > I suggest just dropping it rather than chasing this RC.
>
> The people who have the power to completely remove packages from
> Debian are unlikely to notice this here, so please file a proper
> removal request, i.e. file a bug for the pseudo-package
> ftp.debian.org with subject "RM: handlersocket -- ROM; reasons>" and details of the reasons in the body. (I would do so
> myself, but removal requests are expected to be filed by either
> maintainer(s) of a package or the QA team, and I'm neither.)
Nor am I the maintainer, as I orphaned the package, and the QA team has
taken ownership. I'm just recording my recommendation that it should be
removed.
