On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:28:18 +0200 (METDST) Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
For something to be removed, you have to answer "y" to the question
of whether you want them to be. Presumably, you did.
> 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?
Google? The archives of this mailing list? Both contain info on
why xv was removed from Debian. I went to Google and did a search
on "xv removed Debian" and the very first result contained an
answer to your question.
-c
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