Re: Rationale for package removals

On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 03:15, Paul Gear wrote:
> [WARNING: Contains rant.  Apologies in advance for my grumpy tone.]
> 
> Having had a look at
> <ftp://ftp.eu.uu.net/pub/linux/redhat/linux/8.0/en/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES.html>, 
> 
> i find myself wondering whether it is even worth participating in this
> mailing list.  Does Red Hat pay any attention to our discussions here?
>   In the release notes i found this:
> 
> The following packages have been removed from this release of Red Hat
> Linux:
> 
>      * alien
>      * auth_ldap
>      * blt
>      * dip
>      * fvwm2
>      * elm
>      * extace
>      * glms
>      * gnomeicu
>      * gnome-pim
>      * gnorpm
>      * gphoto
>      * gq
>      * ical
>      * jikes
>      * kaffe
>      * kontrol-panel
>      * metamail
>      * micq
>      * mm
>      * mod_auth_any
>      * mod_bandwidth
>      * mod_dav
>      * mod_put
>      * mod_roaming
>      * mod_throttle
>      * netscape
>      * playmidi
>      * pump
>      * rpmfind
>      * rpmlint
>      * rxvt
>      * sliplogin
>      * smpeg
>      * smpeg-xmms
>      * snavigator
>      * taper
>      * xbill
>      * xdaliclock
>      * xlockmore
>      * xmailbox
>      * xpilot
> 
> 
> A number of these were discussed here previously, but the list is
> substantially longer now than it was for the (null) beta - much of it
> presumably as the result of an apache package reorganisation - but still
> not even a word about why the packages were removed or what the
> alternatives are.
> 
> What does it take to get some useful information about this?  Buying an
> RHN subscription?  A personal letter to Michael Tiemann?  :-/

Not that I would know, but some of it may not work 100% under 8.0. It
could have been removed and may be readded later. I'm sure there will be
more news from redhat on it.

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