Bug#789256: cmus: Pulls in unwanted and potentially dangerous DECnet packages through libroar2

[Stephan Jauernick]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:42:57PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi Adrian,

Could you please make a bug against roaraudio asking to drop the libdnet
dependency?

> Stephan,
> 
> seriously, you are missing the point. Absolutely _no_one_ needs ROAR
> audio with DECnet support except you and your buddy Patrick.
> 
> If you desperately need ROAR audio in cmus, then you can rebuild it
> manually. Debian should not keep packages that are dead upstream,
> especially when it comes to network libraries. There is _always_
> the risk of these being the source of RC bugs.
> 
> I have fixed dozens of such packages during the Wheezy release
> phase with NMU uploads because the original maintainer was MIA
> and we really should try to avoid such problems in future releases.
> 
> Again, if you need ROAR audio in cmus, just rebuild the package
> yourself. It's not magic and would save you and us a lot of time
> and nerves.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> 
> -- 
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Kind Regards,
Stephan
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