Re: update messages

On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 19:11 +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote:
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:31:04PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:37 +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote:
Here is what it says:
[...]
Maintainer: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

That says it all, doesn't it?

Afraid the name doesn't mean anything to me.

As it's maintained by someone with an debian-unofficial.org address, I
take that as an indication that it's a package from their archives, and
not one from the official Debian ones.

You could also look in the documentation of the package
(/usr/share/doc/packagename) and see if there are any clues in
changelog.Debian.gz, README.Debian etc.

Sorry, couldn't find the message you are referring to - was it posted under
the same name? All I can find other than the the one I am replying to
is

This link,
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98215

From the bug report:
"It turns out that after several years including
xv in the non-free archive that we are not allowed to distribute
modified binaries."

Is there a history file/database somewhere where additions and
removals from the official debian package repository are logged?
Something which came back with 'removed on such and such a date
for such and such a reason' would be so much more useful than
a database which only mentioned packages that still existed.

After all, if there is a philosophical objection to a package on
some ground, removing it makes a much stronger statement if people
know why it isn't there.

Packages being removed from a stable release is often mentioned in the
news of the new release, see here for example.
http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050416

There's also a page here, listing software that cannot be packaged,
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package

None of these are easy to find, and not really what you are looking for,
so I can see why it's a bit frustrating.

--
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
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