Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell wrote: >>Do not delete packages just because you think nobody *should* use >>them; delete them because nobody *does* use them. > I am suggesting deleting them because nobody *can* use them. > > Unless libpng10 is brought back, none of these packages are usable. > Are you volunteering to package and maintain libpng10? If so, good > for you! If not, I believe that permanently uninstallable packages > should be removed.
Sure. Why was it removed?? > Now, the removal of libpng10 was probably premature, and I wouldn't > have done it with so many packages still depending on it. I would > have orphaned it instead. But it's been done now. There are two > ways to deal with that: put it back in the archive, or remove the > things which depend on it. So this is why I plead with the gnome maintainers not to delete packages because they think they are obsolete. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
