On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 07:12:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 07:55:03PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > > I'm trying to understand what kind of harm does the existence of the base > > package which has to be considered as a "bug". > > > > Is there a technical reason why we should make "base" to disappear > > from old systems? > > > > Is there any reason to make "base" to disappear other than aesthetical? > > I'm trying to understand what kind of harm the existence of the old, > obsolete X font and static library packages cause which necessitates > their consideration as "bugs". Do the old static library packages still work? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD hamish@debian.org, hamish@rising.com.au Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
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