Re: Bug#413469: ion3: The package is outdated
severity 413469 serious
reopen 413469
thanks
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 01:03:57PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> > If you change the license in the next release, we can't update the
> > package in unstable, because of the broken license.
> His proposed license, somewhat like the tex license, allows us to
> distribute it as long as it's renamed.
> Tumov has kindly written ion2 and doesn't have a problem with us
> distributing it in stable. If you respect that, it's worth granting some
> respect to his wishes to not have to deal with a random development
> snapshot indefinitely.
After discussing on IRC with Joey and other ion users, it seems that there
isn't really much demand for ion3 in a stable release after all; those I've
talked to who use ion3 all say they run testing or unstable on their
desktops, and Joey notes that the ion3 upgrade path from sarge to etch isn't
likely to be a smooth one anyway.
So under the circumstances, it does seem reasonable to defer to upstream
(and the former maintainer) on this point. I've tagged the ion3 package and
its reverse-dependencies for removal from etch.
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