Debian Bug report logs - #405527
RM: mkrboot -- RoQA; orphaned

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: O: mkrboot -- Make a kernel + root image bootable from one disk or from DOS

Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:53:08 +0100

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

I intend to orphan the mkrboot package.

The package description is:
 mkrboot generates boot disks that contain both a kernel and a root image.
 This enables debian bootup for installation purposes from one floppy.
 .
 mkrboot can also use loadlin to make a floppyless installation possible.
 .
 Boot methods supported:
  - Loadlin from running DOS/Windows without a floppy
  - Loadlin from a FreeDOS bootup disk
  - Lilo from one floppy
  - Kernel Boot loader from one floppy
  - Syslinux from one floppy

I just uploaded version 0.93 to unstable which fixes a bug and a QA problem.
I am not sure if the package is needed anymore. It requires updating the
debian standard, maybe the whole debian scripts need rewrite. Some of the
methods in mkrboot are not functional anymore, and porting to other
architectures (amd64) need to be done.

I am willing to Co-Mantain the package, if needed.

Gruss
Bernd

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Message #10 received at 405527@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>

To: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@debian.org>

Cc: 405527@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: O: mkrboot -- Make a kernel + root image bootable from one disk or from DOS

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:24:54 +0200

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:53:08AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
> 
> I intend to orphan the mkrboot package.
> 
> The package description is:
>  mkrboot generates boot disks that contain both a kernel and a root image.
>  This enables debian bootup for installation purposes from one floppy.
>  .
>  mkrboot can also use loadlin to make a floppyless installation possible.
>  .
>  Boot methods supported:
>   - Loadlin from running DOS/Windows without a floppy
>   - Loadlin from a FreeDOS bootup disk
>   - Lilo from one floppy
>   - Kernel Boot loader from one floppy
>   - Syslinux from one floppy
> 
> I just uploaded version 0.93 to unstable which fixes a bug and a QA problem.
> I am not sure if the package is needed anymore. It requires updating the
> debian standard, maybe the whole debian scripts need rewrite. Some of the
> methods in mkrboot are not functional anymore, and porting to other
> architectures (amd64) need to be done.
> 
> I am willing to Co-Mantain the package, if needed.

Shall we go ahead with a removal now?

Cheers,
        Moritz

Message #15 received at 405527@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>

To: 405527@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: mkrboot: requesting removal

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:00:31 +0100

reassign 405527 ftp.debian.org
retitle 405527 RM: mkrboot -- RoQA; orphaned 
owner 405527 !
thanks

Hi,

The mkrboot package has been orphaned for a long time, and nobody has
been willing to take it over.
I am therefore requesting its removal from Debian.

If you still need the package, or want to reintroduce it in Debian, the
latest version ever found in Debian is available from
http://snapshot.debian.org/package/mkrboot/
-- 
Lucas, for the QA team <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>

Message #26 received at 405527-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 405527-close@bugs.debian.org

Cc: mkrboot@packages.debian.org, mkrboot@packages.qa.debian.org

Subject: Bug#405527: Removed package(s) from unstable

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:32:43 +0000

We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:

   mkrboot |       0.96 | source, amd64, i386

------------------- Reason -------------------
RoQA; orphaned
----------------------------------------------

Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it).  Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive (ftp-master.debian.org) and will not propagate to any
mirrors (ftp.debian.org included) until the next cron.daily run at the
earliest.

Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is
really needed, please contact them if this should be the case.

We try to close Bugs which have been reported against this package
automatically.  But please check all old bugs, if they where closed
correctly or should have been re-assign to another package.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 405527@bugs.debian.org.

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