Bug#553897: glashctl: Should this package be orphaned (or removed)?

[Barry deFreese-2]

Package: glashctl
Version: 0.4.2-4
Severity: important
User: debian-qa@...
Usertags: proposed-orphan

Dear Maintainer,

While reviewing some packages, your package came up as a package that
should maybe be orphaned by its maintainer, because:

* Out of date with upstream.
* RC bug.
* NPOASR. (Never part of a stable release).
* Low popcon.

If you think that it should be removed from Debian instead of being
orphaned, please reply to this bug and tell so.

If you disagree and want to continue to maintain this package, please
close this bug and do an upload also fixing the other issues.
Also, you can study the possibility of taking co-maintainers.

If you agree that it should be orphaned, send the following commands
to control@... (replace nnnnnn with this bug's number):

severity nnnnnn normal
reassign nnnnnn wnpp
retitle nnnnnn O: <packagename> -- <short package description>
thanks

If you think it should be removed, send the following commands instead:

severity nnnnnn normal
reassign nnnnnn ftp.debian.org
retitle nnnnnn RM: <packagename> -- RoM; <reasons>
thanks

For more information, see
http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-archive-manip
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/


Thank you,

Barry deFreese
Debian QA



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[tim hall-6]

On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 21:52 -0500, Barry deFreese wrote:

> Package: glashctl
> Version: 0.4.2-4
> Severity: important
> User: debian-qa@...
> Usertags: proposed-orphan
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> While reviewing some packages, your package came up as a package that
> should maybe be orphaned by its maintainer, because:
>
> * Out of date with upstream.
> * RC bug.
> * NPOASR. (Never part of a stable release).
> * Low popcon.

Briefly - this package is one of those good ideas that hasn't really
been followed through. glashctl is a GUI front-end for lashd, which is
only relevant to users running a real-time kernel and jackd for
multi-app audio set-ups - many of them prefer to use the command-line
rather than a GUI which doesn't really work. It really needs someone at
debian-multimedia or a dedicated sub-distro such as 64studio to pick it
up, so it may be worth pursuing the standard orphaning procedure.
However, dropping it might force someone to write a front-end that
works, if such a thing is really required. I doubt whether anyone will
be that bothered.

cheers,

tim





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