Fwd: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing

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Fwd: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing

Tobias Pape
 
Note that squeak-vm on debian is going to go away…


> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Debian testing autoremoval watch <[hidden email]>
> Subject: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing
> Date: 21. Juni 2018 um 06:40:01 MESZ
> To: [hidden email]
> Delivered-To: [hidden email]
> Delivered-To: [hidden email]
> Delivered-To: [hidden email]
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> squeak-vm 1:4.10.2.2614-4.1 is marked for autoremoval from testing on 2018-07-16
>
> It is affected by these RC bugs:
> 899694: squeak-vm: Invalid maintainer address [hidden email]
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Re: Fwd: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing

David T. Lewis
 
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 09:39:41AM +0200, Tobias Pape wrote:
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> Note that squeak-vm on debian is going to go away???
>

Sorry to say it, but this is probably a good thing. The Debian distribution
was an obsolete and modified branch of the classic interpreter VM, and it
has been broken for years. The intentions were good, but it is not helpful
to have a badly broken VM distributed under the Squeak name.

Dave


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> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Debian testing autoremoval watch <[hidden email]>
> > Subject: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing
> > Date: 21. Juni 2018 um 06:40:01 MESZ
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Delivered-To: [hidden email]
> > Delivered-To: [hidden email]
> > Delivered-To: [hidden email]
> >
> > squeak-vm 1:4.10.2.2614-4.1 is marked for autoremoval from testing on 2018-07-16
> >
> > It is affected by these RC bugs:
> > 899694: squeak-vm: Invalid maintainer address [hidden email]
> >
> >
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Re: Fwd: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing

Tobias Pape
 

> On 21.06.2018, at 14:05, David T. Lewis <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 09:39:41AM +0200, Tobias Pape wrote:
>>
>> Note that squeak-vm on debian is going to go away???
>>
>
> Sorry to say it, but this is probably a good thing. The Debian distribution
> was an obsolete and modified branch of the classic interpreter VM, and it
> has been broken for years. The intentions were good, but it is not helpful
> to have a badly broken VM distributed under the Squeak name.

Understood.
just wanted to make sure y'all know.
-t

>
> Dave
>
>
>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> From: Debian testing autoremoval watch <[hidden email]>
>>> Subject: squeak-vm is marked for autoremoval from testing
>>> Date: 21. Juni 2018 um 06:40:01 MESZ
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Delivered-To: [hidden email]
>>> Delivered-To: [hidden email]
>>> Delivered-To: [hidden email]
>>>
>>> squeak-vm 1:4.10.2.2614-4.1 is marked for autoremoval from testing on 2018-07-16
>>>
>>> It is affected by these RC bugs:
>>> 899694: squeak-vm: Invalid maintainer address [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>