Donovan Baarda writes: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:53:24AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:00:20PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > > If I don't hear a serious reason to keep python1.5, I plan to file a > > > bug report for ftp.debian.org to remove the python1.5 package. > > > > Eh? > > > > python1.5's still useful to users, isn't it, especially ones with > > important python programs they don't want to port to 2.1 just yet? > > > > Dropping python1.5 doesn't seem a particularly clever thing to do. > > I agree. Old versions can also be useful when testing backwards > compatability of scripts etc.
hmm, yes, this argument holds for all versions of all packages ... > Now that the python policy supports multiple versions and a default version, > having old versions around doesn't hurt. Why not just leave them there? > Removing them buys nothing but a little archive space. well, but the policy shouldn't be used to rectify a Debian python museum.
