Re: New ftp section for libc[45] - what to call it?
Vincent Renardias wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Lalo Martins wrote:
> > I agree. Something like "obsolete" is the way to go. But
> > "obsolete" sounds like these are obsolete packages... it's
> > best to make clear that they are _normal_ packages that just
> > deal with obsolete {libraries|formats|whatever}.
>
> Most of the time, they are obsolete packages too.
> All of the packages aout-gcc, libc4, libc4-dev, dld, old tcl/tk are
> orphaned as far as I know... So obsolete also refers to the fact
> they are unmaintained.
In this case, yes, but not always. alt-gcc and *-altdev are
not obsolete per se...
This kind of thinking would lead to something similar to
"non-free" and "contrib": ;-)
* obsolete - this section is for obsolete packages,
including libc5. Most packages here are
unmantained.
* compat - this section is for packages that depend on,
or are intended to support, packages in
"obsolete".
I don't know if this is a good idea. If it is, maybe it
should be moved up the hierarchy to the "support" level
(beside non-free and contrib). This would make it very
clear that these packages can be distributed, but are
not supported and users are encouraged not to use them.
[]s,
|alo
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