Data point: People are asking about it being missing.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/972083/unable-to-find-ack-in-
ubuntu-17-10-repositories
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Hi, I'm Andy Lester, the author/maintainer of ack.
I was just alerted to this ticket by a user. I'd like to help solve
this problem, but I'm not familiar with the Ubuntu packaging process.
Is there anything I can do to help solve this problem? I can be
contacted directly at a.
