"Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński" <[email protected]> writes: > [...] Maybe instead, we can do something simple, like getting the list > of packages that can be deleted (already exists in the stale packages > report), and creating an internet poll, where people could mark > packages they use / care about. (Note: only packages with no reverse > dependencies would be listed.) We would circulate the poll around > users@ and announce@, and after two weeks or so of collecting the > data, we would drop packages that nobody cares about. All of this is > easy to do.
It's probably a good strategy although I'm agreeing with Laurent's opinion(s). Maybe, before doing that we should consider an internal poll to decide. The question should be quite simple: "are you for or against removing from the catalog stale packages, not having reverse dependencies not candidates for removal, older than Y years?" where Y should be determined beforehand. What do you think as good value for Y? As a last note, the recipe must be preserved for a removed package, thus somebody can resurrect it if wished. -- Peter
