Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> If it gets dropped entirely, then the user doesn't get any notice of >> that fact; their system just keeps on going as before. Except that >> the package now gets *no* updates instead of minimal ones. > Basically, this amounts to perpetually keeping obsolete packages. Is a > good choice?
I did not say not to remove a package which is obsolete. I object to deciding that "orphaned" or "minimally maintained" are the same as "obsolete". Go ahead and remove packages that you *know* are obsolete, that's fine. But that's not what the subject line of this thread is talking about. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
