[Pkg-dspam-misc] Bug#577661: dspam: should this package be removed?

[Jan Hauke Rahm]

Hi Kurt,

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 06:33:31PM -0400, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:
> While the packages do not appear to have received adequate attention in
> the last year and a half, Julien Valroff has in fact been working
> diligently to prepare the new upstream release (from January) for upload
> into experimental.  This is the first solid release upstream release
> in several years.

Interesting. My bug filing was bad timing then... :)

> I would like to request a stay of execution, and suggest the
> following plan:
> 
> First, determine which of the uploaders still have an interest in dspam.
> I think there are currently at least three people who would like to
> contribute to maintaining official Debian dspam packages.

Are you going to pursue this, i.e. check on the other maintainers?

> Second, continue with the development of the experimental upload.  I
> think Julien is pretty close.  Since his work differs considerably from
> the current package, I think experimental is still warranted.
> 
> Third, prepare an upload to unstable which takes the current package to
> 3.6.8-10, fixing the RC issues and bringing it back into policy
> compliance.  I will work on that, if Julien has no objection.

Sounds good. Any chance of a time line? Do you think this is something
to be done within the next four weeks (and thus to be considered for
squeeze)?

> DSPAM has been a Debian package for many years, and IMO it would be
> unfortunate to remove it just when upstream finally got straightened
> out and produced a new stable release.

Well, I filed the bug because it seemed noone cared. If you do, all the
better!

Hauke

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