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Re: removing xchat



On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:15:39AM +0200, Paul Wise wrote:
> > Well we could also revert back to my initial plan to just remove it and
> > add some notes to the release notes. But that leaves quite some people with
> > a dead package around. Is that more userfriendly than a forced migration with
> > a very manual migration path? I also don't find the idea very appealing to
> > carry around dead softare when we have an actively maintained alternative
> > available.
> Quite often we remove packages from Debian without leaving any
> migration path at all, so this is far from the least userfriendly
> removal in Debian history. Lack of migration path sucks but isn't
> relevant from a removal perspective.
Indeed. We could also help people by making more people know that an
alternative exists and how can they switch to it.

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WBR, wRAR

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