Bug#608583: Removing RC buggy leaf packages with low popularity?

[Niko Tyni]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 03:43:30AM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:14:15 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> 
> > > >    libnet-irc-perl [popcon: 386]
> > > IIRC, this RC bug is a bit controversial -- Axel?
> > Yeah, I consider it a well working module with no issues in Debian at
> > all except that someone who claims to be upstream considers it
> > deprecated. (Or said otherwise: I think http://bugs.debian.org/608583
> > is close to irrelevant if the package has that much popcon but no
> > bug-reports for years now.)
> 
> I'm completely fine with lowering the severity of this bug.
> Any strong objections?

(cc'ing the bug in question)

No strong objection, just a note. The fact that upstream rejects
bug reports bothers me, that's the main reason why I filed the bug.
The upstream code has issues but we don't have a way of sharing our fixes.

See also #437474, where the submitter sent patches directly to me because
upstream was unresponsive.

Axel, given that you care and current upstream clearly doesn't, how
about taking over the upstream maintenance?
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org