package removal

[Sebastiaan <S.Breedveld@ewi.tudelft.nl>]

Hi,

with the testing dist-upgrade I did last week, some packages were removed.
Usually I trust apt and Debian not to remove application packages, but
this time it removed xv.

Now I can't find this package in the Debian tree anymore, neither did apt
give me a reason why this package has been obsoleted or came with an
alternative.

Ideas where to find information why packages are obsoleted and removed
from the tree?

Thanks,
Sebastiaan



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