Re: geneweb removal proposal

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

David Holland <dholland-pkgusers%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 10:40:25AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
>  > I have been in theory maintainer of geneweb for a long time, but it
>  > seems troubled.   I don't believe anyone could possibly be using it.
>  > 
>  > I plan therefore to move it to wip, perhaps trying to update it at the
>  > same time, and would hoist it back to pkgsrc if it seems wise.
>  > 
>  > I'll wait a week before rming it.   Please speak up if you think this is
>  > the wrong path.
>
> I have no particular opinion (other than my long-standing bias against
> removing things that aren't ipso facto junk) but according to my notes
> from when I last tried to fix it, it needs to be updated by at least
> two major versions and that's the obvious thing to start with...
>
> (no reason to move it to wip just to do that, it's bust so all changes
> are improvements)

Well, we sort of have a norm that packages in main are ok, and wip
packages are allowed to be broken.   I have been theoretically
maintainer and not doing it, and nobody has complained.

If someone would like to take what I have in wip and get it working and
update main, please feel free, and I'll be happy to stand back.

I too have a non-removal bias.   This exceeded it.