Re: RFC: drop FTBFS packages? (was: Re: Massrebuild status)

>> Here is a list of packages that sill haven't been rebuild:

> 502     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      snes9x matthias...rpmforge.net > 503     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      raine lxtnow...gmail.com > 505     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      sidplay triad...df.lth.se > 508     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      streamri lxtnow...gmail.com > 510     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      subtitle lxtnow...gmail.com (subtitleripper? there is no package called subtitle) > 514     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      streamdvd lxtnow...gmail.com > 516     2009-04-07      2009-04-07      flvtool2 matthias...rpmforge.net > 519     2009-04-07      2009-04-11      vdr-mp3 felix...fetzig.org > [...] >> >> Just to point out the obvious: A few bugs are five days > > (19 days now) >> >> old and the maintainer didn't even replied yet.

> I'd wondering if we in should drop the packages from the devel repo that > remain unfixed in one or two weeks from now; of course we would need to > announce that in the bug report a few days before we actually do it. And > we'd need to check if the packages we drop are needed by other packages > in the repo. > > Options? Nobody? Should I take that as agreement or disagreement to "let's drop what doesn't build anymore" idea?