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Re: Central register of package use

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Steve McIntyre wrote:

> Prompted by looking at the huge number of available packages we now
> have, I've been thinking that some kind of central registry of package
> use would be useful. This could be useful in making decisions on the
> future of some packages - we can see how much they are actually used
> and act accordingly. There are several packages in the tree that are
> recommended for being dropped and others suggested in their place,
> but in many cases it's not easy to decide whether or not to drop them
> because there's no way of knowing usage. If nothing else, I'm curious
> as to how many people are actually using the packages I'm maintaining.
>
> [dpkg | mail script deleted]

Why?

If somebody really needs a dropped package then they can pick it up
and either maintain it privately or maintain it for debian.

Rather than delete dropped packages, just dump them in an obsolete/
directory on the archive.  If necessary make an announcement
that:

    package xyz will be deleted from obsolete/ in 30 days unless a new
    maintainer steps forward.

    After 30 days, this package will only be available on CD ROMS
    pressed before dd-mmm-yy.


BTW, don't use an ambiguous date format...e.g. is 07/03/97 the 7th of
March or the 3rd of July? Americans would assume the latter, most of the
rest of the world the former.

Craig


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