Bug#949183: Package gone but there are newer version

[Bas Couwenberg]

On 2020-01-20 13:56, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> why does the low frequency of release of this software justify its
> removal from Debian ?

Because at the time it was removed it was deemed dead upstream, there 
were no releases for several years.

There was no sign that upstream was working on a release with PROJ6 
support among others.

I'm not willing to maintain packages that are dead upstream and who 
block progress in the lower parts of the stack (like PROJ & GDAL).

If your needs are not met by JOSM and you really want the merkaartor 
package back in Debian you should consider becoming the maintainer of 
it.

Kind Regards,

Bas