Re: Communicator removed from Testing?
"Mark L. Kahnt" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 23:58, Curt Howland wrote:
> > Personal reply if possible, I cannot keep up with the traffic on user...
> >
> > Does anyone know why Netscape Communicator has been dropped from
> > Testing?
> >
> > Does Mozilla email load the Communicator mail files ok?
> >
> > Chocolate or Vanilla?
> >
> > Curt-
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Wherever I go, everyone is a little bit safer because I am there.
> > Wherever I am, anyone in need has a friend.
> > Whenever I return home, everyone is happy I am there."
> > ---The Warrior Creed, Robert L. Humphrey, USMC
>
> Debian Weekly News warned a while back that it would get the hook, as a)
> it is non-free, b) it is buggy and not getting noticeably better as
> Netscape is looking to retire it in favour of Netscape 7, and c) it
> wasn't even being kept up with the latest releases of that codebase from
> Netscape.
Yes, and with all of that said, some of us still prefer to use it for
various reasons. Mozilla is not a 100% replacement as of yet as it runs
too slowly on older systems, and in addition, the Mozilla mail/news just
isn't as good yet.
I know there are other alternatives to look at, as well as other ways to
install Communicator. My point is simply that removing the Communicator
packages, as justified as it may seem to many, is still something of a
disservice to a portion of the Debian community.
Tom
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