Re: Need help with revelation
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:10:35 +0100 "PaweB Tcza" <ptecza@uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>Scott Kitterman pisze:
>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:00:40 +0000 bd@bc-bd.org wrote:
>>>...
>>>Simply removing the package may be a bad idea, as people who are using
>>>revelation will then no longer be able to access their password lists.
>>>...
>>
>> Removing the package from the archive won't remove it from installed
>> systems.
>
>Hi Scott,
>
>It's true, but probably not all true :) For example, what about release
>upgrade? I remember that when I run `do-release-upgrade` command for
>Ubuntu then I can only agree or disagree to remove *all* packages
>removed from Ubuntu. I don't know how to save only one package I still
>need, for example revelation.
Even there it only removes packages where there is a conflict, not just
because it's out of the archive.
>> If it's dead upstreamam then I'd suggest it ought to go.
>
>I'm very curious how many debianized sources are dead now. Probably it's
>not only revelation. Do you want to remove all of them?
>
>In my opinion it's better to save that packages as long as someone wants
>to maintain them and they are useful for their users and don't have
>unrepairabled bugs.
>
Right, but we don't currently have that. There's tons of cruft in the
archive. Please don't add to it. It's easy enough to restore it if a
maintainer appears.
Scott K
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