Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As you don't seem to have understood at all, let me repeat it: > > XMMS is unmaintained. GTK+ 1.2 is unmaintained. Anyone who wants > > to see xmms remain in Debian should take over maintainership for > > both, including upstream maintenance and all that it implies. > > As you don't seem to have understood at all, none of the xmms > alternatives are up to par with xmms, with many of them having > usability or stability problems. Anyone who wants to see xmms > removed from Debian should step up and do whatever is required to > get at least one of the alternatives in a somewhat usable shape. > > See? It works the other way around too :-)
No. Removal of a package (that isn't part of the standard install) does *not* require adding a package to replace it. On the other hand, packages that are unmaintained, and that have dependencies also unmaintained, are cruft to be removed. -- \ "As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, | `\ the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental | _o__) intrusion." —U.S. District Court Judge Dalzell | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
