Proposed SRU policy amendment for package removals

[Marc Deslauriers]

Martin,

On 2014-11-12 05:43 AM, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hello Chuck,
> 
> Chuck Peters [2014-11-12  3:25 +0000]:
>> Both tor and owncloud are recurring examples!
> 
> tor was reintroduced explicitly two years after the removal
> (https://launchpad.net/bugs/413657). If that is out of date again and
> unmaintained, we should remove it again and blacklist it this time so
> that it doesn't come back automatically. If that's the case, then I
> suggest filing a new removal/SRU bug for this.

Perhaps blacklisting for new releases by default should be added to the
procedure? We can always remove a package from the blacklist if someone steps up
and volunteers to support it.

Marc.