[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#709542: ftp.debian.org: RM: zsh-beta -- RoM; obsoleted by zsh

[Axel Beckert]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Dear FTP-Masters,

please remove the zsh-beta source package from Sid. (AFAIK it should be
removed from Testing automatically afterwards, too.)

The zsh source package in Sid and Testing now builds transitional
packages from zsh-beta and zsh-beta-doc towards the zsh and zsh-doc
binary packages.

The transition from zsh-beta to zsh was discussed on pkg-zsh-devel
mailing list back in September 2012, but was considered too late for
Wheezy:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-zsh-devel/2012-September/thread.html

While the Debian Zsh Maintainers team took over the zsh source package
from Clint about two years ago, the zsh-beta source package stayed with
Clint. Hence it's only half way an RoM. But see
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-zsh-devel/2012-September/000520.html
for Clint's comment on the zsh-beta transition and removal plans.

		Regards, Axel
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