Re: ITP: Debian History
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 01:43:17PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> On 05-Nov-99, 06:30 (CST), Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi> wrote:
> >
> > `extra'
> > This contains packages that conflict with others with higher
> > priorities, or are only likely to be useful if you already know
> > what they are or have specialized requirements.
> >
> > I agree, a Debian history document does not qualify for extra, so it
> > should be optional.
>
> We've had lots of complaints that there are too many packages in
> Optional. The correct solution is a level between "Standard" and
> "Optional", and Ian Jackson (IIRC) proposed many months ago, but until
> that happens I'd like to see most new packages go into extra. I think I
> can justify it in this case based on the "already know what they are"
> clause.
But if packages get semi-randomly tossed into extra, it doesn't help
anyone. As it is, debian-history is useful if you're looking for
a history of debian, where as fvwm1 (currently extra) isn't useful
if you're just looking for a window manager - it's primarily useful
if you want fvwm1. That's what extra is for.
--
David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
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