Re: [PROPOSAL] Archive audit, cruft removal, unmaintained packages

1999-08-18 Thread Richard Braakman
Ben Collins wrote: > This group will go through the archive (either manually or using > internally created scripts) and generate detailed lists of dangling > source/packages and post them for removal via the BTS and/or direct email > to the archive maintainers. This is not necessary. We have such

Re: [PROPOSAL] Archive audit, cruft removal, unmaintained packages

1999-08-17 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Collins wrote: > If this is an incorrect place for proposing changes in Debian's archive > policy and general maintainer policies, then please point to the correct > list (note, I am speaking general policy not dependencies and such, which > the name debian-policy seemed to suggest was correct)

Re: [PROPOSAL] Archive audit, cruft removal, unmaintained packages

1999-08-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 01:16:21PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > Consider this a request for interest and comments. I've heard enough about > > this over the past few months to finally break down and formally propose > > it. This proposal breaks down into several issues, one is a

Re: [PROPOSAL] Archive audit, cruft removal, unmaintained packages

1999-08-17 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Collins wrote: > Consider this a request for interest and comments. I've heard enough about > this over the past few months to finally break down and formally propose > it. This proposal breaks down into several issues, one is a proposal for > policy to outline procedures for removing obsolete

Re: [PROPOSAL] Archive audit, cruft removal, unmaintained packages

1999-08-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > > To resolve one of the issues, I propose the DPL appoint an audit group. > This group will go through the archive (either manually or using > internally created scripts) and generate detailed lists of dangling > source/packages and post them for remov

[PROPOSAL] Archive audit, cruft removal, unmaintained packages

1999-08-17 Thread Ben Collins
Consider this a request for interest and comments. I've heard enough about this over the past few months to finally break down and formally propose it. This proposal breaks down into several issues, one is a proposal for policy to outline procedures for removing obsolete and unmaintained packages f