Bug#917700: RM: dimbl -- ROM; ROM, abandoned upstream (was: Re: Bug#917700: dimbl: FTBFS: build-dependency not installable: libtimbl4-dev)

[Joost van Baal-Ilić]

user debian-release at lists.debian.org
usertag 917700 + bsp-2019-01-nl-venlo
thanks

Hi Balint,

Since Maarten "proycon" van Gompel--a collegue of your dimbl comaintainer Ko
van der Sloot--told me he expects no new upstream release of dimbl, I feel it's
best to ask for dimbl's removal from testing and unstable.  Is that OK with
you?

Thanks, Bye,

Joost



Subject: RM: dimbl -- ROM; ROM, abandoned upstream
Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Hi,

Please remove dimbl from both testing and unstable: no new upstream release
is expected.  Debian's users are better served without dimbl in the upcoming
stable release.  See also https://bugs.debian.org/917700 "FTBFS:
build-dependency not installable: libtimbl4-dev" for some discussion.

Bye,

Joost

PS:
[11:31] [joostvb(+i)] [5:uvt/#lst(+nt)] [Act: 17,21,25], jan 2019:
> нед 13 11:27 < joostvb> proycon: uit debian verwijderen bedoel je?
> нед 13 11:30 < proycon> ja
> нед 13 11:37 < joostvb> proycon: o, en uh: je verwacht geen nieuwe
>   upstream release?
> нед 13 11:46 < proycon> nope
> нед 13 11:46 < proycon> geen releases, geen gebruikers




On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 05:32:11AM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> Hi Maarten (upstream),
> 
> Is there no new upstream release expected?  If so, I guess indeed it would be
> best to drop it from Debian.
> 
> Thanks, Bye,
> 
> Joost
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 08:35:15PM +0100, Maarten van Gompel wrote:
> > Hi Lucas,
> > 
> > We're going to let this package get autoremoved, it's hardly used anyway
> > and not worth the effort to maintain.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Maarten van Gompel
> >     Language Machines research group
> >     Centre for Language and Speech Technology
> >     Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
> > 
> > proycon at anaproy.nl
> > https://proycon.anaproy.nl
> > https://github.com/proycon
> > 
> > GnuPG key:  0x39FE11201A31555C
> > XMPP:       proycon at anaproy.nl       Matrix: @proycon:matrix.org
> > Telegram:   proycon                  IRC: proycon (freenode)
> > Discord:    proycon#8272
> > Mastodon:   https://mastodon.social/@proycon   (@proycon at mastodon.social)
> > Twitter:    https://twitter.com/proycon
> > ORCID:      https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1046-0006
> > Keybase:    https://keybase.io/proycon
> > Bitcoin:    1BRptZsKQtqRGSZ5qKbX2azbfiygHxJPsd
> 
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