On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 07:17:12PM +0200, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > > snapshot.debian.net already automatically contains all packages > > removed from Debian, so all we need to do for 2) is to remove the > > package. > > > > Can you see why I think this is good enough? Users can still get the > > packages if they want them. [snip] > Do you see, why I think your proposition is not a good idea? What's > the apt-get source line for snapshot.debian.net? Media boundaries are > bad. apt-get/dselect does not show you these and that's also why > Debian is so good. The experienced user with unlimited amounts of time > will allways find the software he needs _somewhere_. if it is decided that unmaintained packages will be removed, we can probably talk to the maintainer of snapshot.debian.net and get a directory that can link to all the unmaintained packages. it can also hold Packages and Sources files so that people could just add one apt line to their sources.list file. -- gram
Attachment:
pgp2bObm_YTEa.pgp
Description: PGP signature