On Feb 3, 2008 3:29 PM, Eric Belanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Thomas Bächler wrote: > > > Paul Mattal schrieb: > >> Eric Belanger wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I would like to add alpine to the extra repo where it will replace > >>> pine which is no longer being developped. Reference: FS#9040. > >> > >> +2, the second for encouragement! > >> > >> Can we leave pine there too for a little while until people have had a > >> chance to transition? > > > > I don't see the need: pine is no longer being developped, so there will > > be no updates. People who already have it installed will need a > > transition, people who don't will immediately start with alpine. A > > package in the repository is no longer needed. > > > > > > If it would be better, I could add alpine to testing first with the > replace line in and keep pine in extra. And after 1-2 weeks , move alpine > to extra and remove pine. That might ease up the transition but I agree > with Thomas here.
I agree with you two as well. pine users should know what they're doing anyway, so a transition shouldn't be hard
