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Re: Release-critical Bugreport for April 28, 2000



On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 11:02:21AM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote:
> > Package: octave (debian/main)
> 
> Don't know what it is - Can't be important - mark it [REMOVE]

Don't know about one of the most strongest free math packages?
Can't be cared to note the number of packages that depend on it?
 
> > Package: cdrecord (debian/main)
> 
> Havn't we others cd-burners?

No.
(Hint: apt-cache showpkg cdrecord)
Package: cdrecord
Reverse Depends: 
	kisocd,cdrecord
	gtoaster,cdrecord
	gcombust,cdrecord
	xcdroast,cdrecord
	mkisofs,cdrecord
	mkhybrid,cdrecord
	gtoaster,cdrecord
	gramofile,cdrecord
	gcombust,cdrecord
	cdrtoaster,cdrecord

> > Package: clisp (debian/main)
> 
> Lisp is a ugly language. Use scheme or SML instead.

C and Perl are ugly languages. Use Ada or Python instead.
 
> Flame away. We won't ever release if we're not being cynical about
> critical bugs.

And we don't gain anything by randomly removing packages without even
considering how important they are to the distribution, or making random
flamatory judgements. If we are going to start making the released version
of Debian featureless, we shouldn't be wasting our time making releases,
IMHO. 

-- 
David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org

The hell that is supposedly out there could be no worse than
the hell that is sometimes seen in here.


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