RE: removed from potato
> That is why I _must_ rely on the package maintainers, or
> other interested parties, to evaluate the release-critical bugs on
> their packages. If they don't, then there is a possibility that a
> package is removed when it needn't be. That's unfortunate, but I'm
> not going to let it cripple the release process. I'd rather release 95%
> of potato in a few weeks than 100% in a few months.
>
> The reason I haven't removed more packages yet is that doing so is
> a lot of work. Each package doesn't take much time, but it adds up
> (see math above). I'll do another round soon, though.
>
For what it's worth, I think we can permanently remove Premail from
the distribution.
I've been "maintaining" it for some time, but there hasn't been an upstream
release in over a year, the upstream author doesn't use or work on it
anymore, and the licensing provisions are confusing as to whether I
would be allowed to fork the package (even if I wanted to).
Add to that the fact that many mail clients now provide nearly all the
features that Premail was designed to help with, and I think you can
agree that Premail's usefulness is limited.
Let's just get rid of it and be done with it.
Regards,
-Brent
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