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Re: Package removal proposals



On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 05:30:21PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>...
> > Surely not all problems need to be resolved with an axe?
> As I said, "Eventually it will be fixed and it can go in again, of course."
> 
> Do you want to release with packages which don't build from source?
> That is the only question here.  No prejudice against the package.

Besides the fact that due to the lack of checks for build dependencies 
in testing there are always packages in testing that can't be built 
inside testing, there are always some old libraries that can't be 
rebuilt on a recent system.

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed



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