On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 08:19:39PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > > > > Package: gap4-doc-dvi (debian/non-free) > > > Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 60695 gap4-doc-dvi depends on nonexistent package > > > > > > Package: gap4-doc-html (debian/non-free) > > > Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 60703 gap4-doc-html depends on nonexistent package > > > > > > Package: gap4-doc-ps (debian/non-free) > > > Maintainer: Markus Hetzmannseder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 60699 gap4-doc-ps depends on nonexistent package > > > > I am NMU'ing these packages as I type this email. > >... > > Hi Ben, > > does it really make sense to keep the documentation of a program which is > no longer in potato?
No it doesn't. However, that is not up to me, and there is nothing in policy or packaging that makes such a statement. Therefore, that reason alone is not enough to remove it. We have documentation packages that having nothing to do with computers at all (all though I have argued against such packages). These packages do not require gap4 to be useful (to gap4 users, but still). -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'