tags 272586 -sarge -d-i thanks On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:45:32PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Package: ftp.debian.org > Severity: important > Tags: sarge d-i > There are several libraries that are currently priority standard although > they have been obsoleted by newer versions. > Having these priority standard means that they will be installed on any > system newly installed using Debian Installer, but will probably never be > used. > I propose that the priority for these packages be changed to optional > _before_ the Sarge release. > AFAICT, for i386 this is true for the following libraries: > - libdb2, libdb4.0 > (libdb3 and 4.2 are heavily used; libdb4.1 is only used by vacation) > - libgnutils7, libgnutils10 Package names are libgnutls7, libgnutls10. libgnutls10 is used by exim4, which is part of base. > - libcrypt7, libcrypt1 Package names are libgcrypt7, libgcrypt1. libgcrypt7 is used by libgnutls10, so must also remain part of base. > - libopencdk4 This one should be traded for libopencdk8, which is part of base. > The same is true for ipchains, which has been obsoleted by iptables for both > the current 2.4 and the 2.6 kernels. This is debatable; there are still plenty of users and tools that prefer the ipchains interface. > Also, it could be argued that vacation should be made optional as > bsdmainutils only suggests it. In that case libdb4.1 could also be changed > to optional. vacation isn't in standard because it's a dependency, it's in standard because of the definition of standard. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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