> Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > Debian's Social Contract says that "Our priorities are our users and free > > software". It does _not_ say that "Debian should tell users what is good". > > Right? > > > Taken to the extreme, this would mean Debian would still require <insert > obsolete kernel version here> because some users still need it for > obscure reasons. > > There comes a point when we can no longer support out-dated stuff any > more, regardless of what the SC says. At best it takes time and effort > on maintaining compatibility that could be better spent elsewhere. > First of all I should say that the context of my citation has been errornously dropped here. I wrote the above in response to the "get yourself a proper keyboard" thing. But ... > Should the priorities be for the users who want the old stuff or the > users who want the new stuff? > ... of course Debian must move on and cannot support old cruft forever. In this very specific case, however, there seems to be a viable alternative approaching (aspell includes support in its development version, just seems to be a matter of packaging this one). IMHO it is thus a matter of providing a smooth transition, like keeping ispell in lenny, and dropping it afterwards. Meanwhile hopefully aspell gets released. Best, Michael
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