Debian Bug report logs - #456648
RM: array-util -- RoQA; unmaintained, few users, oldlibs-dependent

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

From: Kumar Appaiah <akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: array-util: should this package be removed?

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:36:02 +0530

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Package: array-util
Version: 1.9-2
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
Usertags: proposed-removal

Hi,

While reviewing some packages, your package came up as a possible
candidate for removal from Debian, because:

 * Depends on the old imlib libraries, which are slated for gradual
   removal (they are in oldlibs already).
 * Low popcon

If you think that it should be orphaned instead of being removed from
Debian, please reply to this bug and tell so.

If you agree, sending the following commands to control@bugs.debian.org
should do it (after replacing nnnnnn with this bug's number):
severity nnnnnn normal
reassign nnnnnn ftp.debian.org
retitle nnnnnn RM: <packagename> -- RoM; <reasons> 
thanks

For more information, see
http://wiki.debian.org/ftpmaster_Removals
http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt

If you disagree and want to continue to maintain this package, please
just close this bug, preferably in an upload also fixing the other
issues.

Thank you,
Kumar Appaiah
-- 
Kumar Appaiah,
458, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036

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Message #12 received at 456648@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 456648@bugs.debian.org

Subject: severity of 456648 is serious

Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:20:18 +0200

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severity 456648 serious

Message #17 received at 456648@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>

To: 456648@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Orphaning package before requesting its removal

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:16:02 -0600

reassign 456648 array-util,wnpp
retitle 456648 O: array-util -- configuration viewer for HP (Compaq) SmartArray controllers
thanks

Hi,

Since the status of this package has not evolved, I am now orphaning it.
I still plan to request its removal in the near future, but this orphaning
could allow someone to adopt the package if appropriate.

Please reply to this bug report either if you feel that this package should
not be removed or you think it _should_ be removed, as this will allow to make
the process quicker.


Thank you,
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Message #24 received at 456648@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>

To: 456648@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: array-util: requesting package removal

Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:47:33 -0500

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severity array-util normal
reassign array-util ftp.debian.org
retitle array-util RM: array-util --  RoQA; unmaintained, few users, oldlibs-dependent
thanks

It's been more than a month since I orphaned the package before requesting the removal;
And more than five months since the removal was proposed, that means:

It's time to request the package's removal.

Cheers,
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Atomo64 - Raphael

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Message #35 received at 456648-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian Archive Maintenance <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 456648-close@bugs.debian.org

Cc: array-util@packages.debian.org, array-util@packages.qa.debian.org

Subject: Bug#456648: fixed

Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:02:53 +0000

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

array-util |      1.9-2 | source, m68k
array-util |   1.9-2+b1 | alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc

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 never 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.

Bugs which have been reported against this package are not automatically
removed from the Bug Tracking System.  Please check all open bugs and
close them or re-assign them to another package if the removed package
was superseded by another one.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 456648@bugs.debian.org.

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