Re: lilo about to be dropped?
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Monday 06 April 2009, Christian Perrier wrote:
[...]
>> > I do not have time to manage the removal at this point, but it will
>> > be gone by June.
>
> Has the package already been offered for adoption? Preferably with an
> overview of its current (upstream) status and main issues. I'd say that
> if there's anybody willing to (actively) maintain it, it should not be
> removed.
Fully agree; it should be properly offered for adoption.
>> This is a heads up mail for the D-I team.
>
> I'm not sure where the original mail comes from, but IMO this should be
> discussed on d-devel, especially since it impacts more than just D-I. I
> suspect there are quite a few packages that make some sort of provisions
> for lilo.
> There are also significant numbers of people still using lilo for, at
> least for them, very good reasons.
>
> Anyone remember the fairly big upset when lilo was removed from testing
> around D-I Lenny Beta2?
I also share the feeling that a lot of people still uses LILO; if
possible I do belive it should be kept.
[...]
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