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Re: ITP: Debian History



On 08-Nov-99, 19:23 (CST), David Starner <dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org> wrote: 
> On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 06:12:05PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > Oh, come on. Does anybody really browse the Optional and Extra package
> > lists in dselect anymore? I doubt it. 
> So how does this justify putting it in Extra? "Because the system
> is partially broken, it's all right if we break it more"?

No, "The system is partially broken, let's not make it any worse". If we
put more stuff in Optional, then it actually becomes *easier* to find
stuff in Extra. That seems contradictory to me...

Steve

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