On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:28:18 +0200 (METDST) Sebastiaan <S.Breedveld@ewi.tudelft.nl> wrote: > > with the testing dist-upgrade I did last week, some packages were > removed. Usually I trust apt and Debian not to remove application > packages, but this time it removed xv. For something to be removed, you have to answer "y" to the question of whether you want them to be. Presumably, you did. > Now I can't find this package in the Debian tree anymore, neither did > apt give me a reason why this package has been obsoleted or came with an > alternative. > > Ideas where to find information why packages are obsoleted and removed > from the tree? Google? The archives of this mailing list? Both contain info on why xv was removed from Debian. I went to Google and did a search on "xv removed Debian" and the very first result contained an answer to your question. -c -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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