On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:14:30 +0200 Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 17. September 2020, 17:01:29 CEST schrieb Joe: > Hi Joe, > > yes I know, this is normal for unstable. I am using debian/testing, > which is close to unstable. > > The point of my message was not the deinstallation of packages at > all, but the deinstallation of packages which are still usefull for > people without a substitute or a substitude with the same ease as the > uninstalled package. > > Think of people, they do an upgrade after 2 years (or earlier) and > their applications are gone. Might be ok for experienced people (who > are experienced in the console), but this is not ok for people, who > NEED graphical, easy to use tools. > > There are more than you expect. > > No offence. :) > And none taken. Yes, I've lost one or two applications over the years which I was actively using. But it is rare for this to happen without a good substitute (in someone's opinion) being available. But it does happen. I use Remmina for MS remote desktop, but there was a time when that was very buggy, and the previous best RDP software had been withdrawn. I carried on using the latter as long as I could, by which time Remmina was useable. Alarm Clock was the most recent application I was using which was withdrawn. It's a bit more of a problem when it's a driver for proprietary hardware, which manufacturers often do not provide for Linux, and only one person/group was making an OS version, more or less as a hobby. -- Joe
