Re: Bug#249570: openjade1.3 should provide openjade
On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 01:00:08AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The current openjade packaging situation has a bit of a problem. The
> "openjade" package is a dead development snapshot which has major
> usability problems and no fixes in sight. The really useful version is
> hidden as "openjade1.3", which some packages have not even listed in
> their dependencies. The popcon numbers show that users are clearly
> mislead.
>
> I propose that the "openjade" package becomes 1.3 (should be 1.3.3 by
> now) and that the 1.4 snapshot gets moved to experimental, an
> "openjade1.4" package, or be removed altogether.
I would have supported this approach at 100% if package openjade would never
have been 1.4devel. Doing so at this point would cause problems for people
using it.
However, maybe there are not so many people relying on 1.4devel feature ?
Hard to say, and definitely not to be tested before we release sarge :)
What can still be achieved IMHO before we release sarge would be to make
sure that all packages listing openjade in their deps have openjade1.3 first
as an alternative.
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