On Monday 04 November 2013 15:44:55 bns_robson wrote: [snip] > > I understand that KDE3 programs are nolonger supported. However, I think > there is a difference between not supporting KDE3 programs and making a > change that prevents the use KDE3 programs. > > I was suprised that when previously programs (e.g. kshell -> kshell4) have > had a '4' added, this didn't happen with kmailservice and ktelnetservice. > > As only renaming the files in debian and not in upsteam places a burden on > debian's maintainers, perhaps the upsteam maintainers need asking if they > will make the change. > > I see from http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting that debian prefers that > users don't file > bugs with upstream and expects, if necessary, the maintainer of the package > will forward > the bug upstream. > > Will the debian maintainer ask upstream to rename the files or should I do > this? Most probably not, we are currently very understaffed and chances are very low. If you really want this to happen, yes, please go with upstream. But please bear in mind that - Upstream will surely don't like to make those changes now. - We would really don't like to do those changes now. Kinds regards, Lisandro. -- Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer http://perezmeyer.com.ar/ http://perezmeyer.blogspot.com/
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