opensesame package is massively out of date

[Alisdair Tullo]

The OpenSesame package in Ubuntu is currently on version 0.27, which the release notes for 0.27.4 (http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.1/notes/0274/) would suggest is at least four years old. The release on the developer website (http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.1/download/#ubuntu) is currently at 3.1.9.

I work with this package and have found that users are confused by this, they do a simple 'apt install opensesame' and get something that won't run any current experiment files. It also shows Ubuntu in a bad light to keep around a package which is that out of date.

I suggest that this package be removed as there are several official, supported channels available and shown on the developer's site -- a PPA, pip install, and an Anaconda package.

If there's any concern about removing a package which may be in use, perhaps it could be renamed to something like opensesame-legacy.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing since the package is removed from Ubuntu