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Debian Developers Figuring Out Plan For Removing More Unmaintained Packages
While there are more than 74k packages available within Debian's package management system for x86_64 systems, not all of the packages are well maintained and a portion of them haven't seen any maintenance/updates in ages
Being brought into the discussion was whether results from Debian's popularity contest "popcon" should be part of the consideration for determining packages that are unused or with only very limited installations. No firm decision has been made yet but Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille summed up the current discussion within the latest Bits from the DPL post for September. We'll see ultimately what actions are taken for removing some of these unmaintained packages in the massive Debian archive.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.
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