On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 01:25:16AM -0800, Frank Bauer wrote: > "After discussing on IRC with Joey and other ion users, it seems that there > isn't really much demand for ion3 in a stable release after all; those I've > talked to who use ion3 all say they run testing or unstable on their > desktops, and Joey notes that the ion3 upgrade path from sarge to etch isn't > likely to be a smooth one anyway."
> "So under the circumstances, it does seem reasonable to defer to upstream > (and the former maintainer) on this point. I've tagged the ion3 package and > its reverse-dependencies for removal from etch." > This is quite unfortunate for me. I, for one, am using officially packaged > Ion3 on current stable and intended to use Ion3 also in upcomming Etch. > For me (* my 3 machines) and about half a dozen of my friends this will be > a serious step back to Ion2 (scratchpad is a must). > I can't be bothered to install all those development packages just to > compile the curent versions - I'm just a user. As far as I recollect, > neither I nor my friends did bother tuomov with questions or whatever. It's my understanding that there was an intent to provide ion3 packages via backports.org. > Can't you just rename the package to ice-on and print a big fat warning on > the first startup not to bother tuomov with problems? Someone could. That someone wouldn't be me, though; and anyway, I don't see how an "ice-on" package in stable is much better than an ion3 package on backports.org in terms of user convenience. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
