2012/3/30 Thierry Vignaud <[email protected]>: > On 30 March 2012 10:40, Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Actually, _YOU_ want us to "manage this case differently from other similar >>>> situations". >>>> In case you didn't see, other packages are obsoleted by task-obsolete (if >>>> no better package) >>> >>> So I think we should obsolete sun-java in task-obsolete, and add it to >>> release notes. Then people who want to remove unsupported packages can >>> install task-obsolete. >> >> Do all average users know about task-obsolete (I did not, never needed >> it) ? You can't use what you don't know about and what has not been >> documented in userland. Except you want to narrow down the target >> group for Mageia to people with technical knowledge and interest. > > Actually, if it's obsoleted by task-obsolete, task-obsolete will be > automatically installed. > Providing it's on the media (eg: in the DVD case)
Ok, thx for the explanation. But thinking further task-obsolete will not be needed in this case: People who install a new system can not install it because it is removed anyway. People who update will get an update of java-sun-plugin telling them about the removal of the package and the reason Or do I misunderstand? -- wobo
