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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Removal of Gnome 1
  • Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:31:26 +0200

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 06:07:38PM -0700, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting "Thomas Orgis" <thomas-forum AT orgis.org>:
>
> > Hello mages.
> >
> > Once again, the issue of outdated stuff giving us the PITA has been
> > risen in discussion... I'm making this one offical:
> >
> > I hereby speak out for the removal (deprecation) of all Gnome 1.x
> > specific spells.
> >
> > I'd like to keep gtk+1 for various unrelated apps, but the base
> > gnome stuff is just old, abandoned, and thus broken.
> > We don't keep kde2 around... and kde3 will also vanish at some time, I
> > guess.
> >
> > Opinions? Plans?
>
> Definitely. :) Just be sure to not remove any packages which are
> dependencies (optional or otherwise) for other packages.

I agree, keep those libraries and apps that are used by other spells,
and remove the rest if it has a clear newer replacement. For spells
without real replacement (not sure if any of those are still around), a
list that could be discussed would be good.

--
Arwed v. Merkatz Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
http://www.sourcemage.org




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