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Re: removing libdb 4.3



On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 04:59:03PM +0000, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> I completely agree that libdb4.3 is ancient grot, and it should be
> removed from the archive.
> 
> I am distressed that the maintainers decided to wait until the freeze to
> do that.  This is entirely *backwards*.  The time to decide, "hey, this
> library should be removed" is at the *beginning* of the release cycle,
> not at the end.

FWIW bugs were filed way before the start of the freeze. We're only
discussing several months old bugs afaict. So it seems that your rant is
off.  Also debian-release is not a discussion list, and such a post
should be on -devel. TIA.
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·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org

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