The clonezilla package is radically broken and should be removed

[Saverio Miroddi]

The clonezilla package is radically broken and should be removed.

I've been trying to use the Clonezilla version distributed with Ubuntu for at least the last 2 years, to backup disks, and it never successfully backed up a disk.

Since the package is clearly unmaintained, and the maintainer, if there is one, never even tried to run it, it should be removed from the repository. There is no purpose for it other than wasting people's time.

In order to reproduce the issue(s), start Ubuntu from a USB and just try to backup a disk.

Note that I've been a user, for the same amount of time, of the standard Clonezilla version (ISO distribution), and it always worked, so I know how to use the tool.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: clonezilla (not installed)
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-041200-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Jul 10 20:08:14 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-15 (117 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: clonezilla
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-07-09 (1 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.