On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +0000, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Don't start filing remove requests until other maintainers have a > chance. Take the step of contacting those who maintain packages that > depend on the libraries you want to remove, post RFAs instead of remove > requests, and only post remove requests after people have had a goodly > chance to take over maintenance themselves.
Please, gnome 1.x is discontinued for years now, and the number of
packages that depends upon gnome-libs is fairly limited now, it's a
bearable task. FWIW the current list of package is:
cheops-ng
coriander
cronosii
directory-administrator
fvwm
gabber
gaby
gbatnav
gbib
gdk-pixbuf
gfontview
gfslicer
glotski
gmanedit
gmoo
gnome-chess
gnome-lokkit
gnome-print
gnomemm
gnomp3
gpgp
gphotocoll
gtkgo
gtkgrepmail
gtoaster
junior-gnome
libglade
libgtk-canvas
libgtk-perl
mathwar
multi-gnome-terminal [ maintainer already agreed upon removal ]
nethack
pimppa
powershell
snac
soundtracker
spacechart
telegnome
terraform
xemacs21
xgsmlib
xwine
Most of those package either have far better alternatives (gabber,
gtoaster, …), are libs (lib*, gnomemm, …) or will probably easily drop
the dependency (xemacs21, nethack, …). Most of the upstreams of those
applications are dead, and the applications don't budge, and there is
little point in having them in lenny when you can use the version in
etch on your lenny without a problem.
And btw, I didn't filed a bug for removal of gnome-libs yet, I'll
first wait to see how this list get reduced.
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