On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 01:50:44AM +0100, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: > > On 06/12/2008, at 00.09, Michael Banck wrote: > >>> There are several useful science programs that still make use of GTK+ >>> 1.2, one is a very useful chemistry program, GAMGI, which is in the >>> new >>> queue and on its way into unstable. >> >> AFAICT, gamgi is using GTK-2.0. > > Yes you are right, gamgi uses GTK-2.0 as of March this year. I was > quoting from (volatile, apparently) memory. > > However, I maintain my objection. One thing is removing out-of-date > applications, another is to remove a library which may well be used by > users to compile and link their local applications. Even though there > are no apps in Debian linking to GTK+ 1.2 the library should really > remain in the archives.
With such arguments, we would still ship every single bit that was shipped some day. This is going nowhere. Moreover, removing a package from the archive doesn't mean it will disappear at apt-get dist-upgrade time, not that it will disappear from archive.debian.org. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
