On 15 January 2011 01:18, Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]> wrote: > Op vrijdag 14 januari 2011 13:22:54 schreef Colin Guthrie: >> Hi, >> >> When importing packages, I'm very tempted to not import esound. It's >> only used to compile libesd. Do we really need it? >> >> I don't think we ship any apps that use only esd, so I don't think >> that's a problem but perhaps some old legacy apps (i.e. games) still >> need it. >> >> What do people think? It's not really much hassle to support it, but by >> the same token, dead projects have to be buried at some point! >> >> Col > > I don't fully agree, dead projects can stay alive (undead). > > however, just don't import it, don't have support for it in gnome. and if > someone really needs it, he can import it and maintain it if he wants to. > > in short, drop it and let someone else figure it out at a later date. >
Well, no, dead projects are just that, dead... And if libesd is dropped all packages that BR it need to be fixed; maybe postpone this until the importing rush is over, then it can be phased out after this high pressure stage is over.. (just MHO). -- Ahmad Samir
