On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 02:55:30AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: >... > > db3 > > #223142, #234507 > > db4.0 > > #223140 > > I know we can't remove them. One of the base problems > > It would be nice to see fewer copies of libdb in sarge, in all honesty. >...
There is external (non-free) software that requires libdb. Therefore, it would be good to keep all libdb versions unless there's a very good reason to drop one. [1] > Steve Langasek cu Adrian [1] note that according to section 1 of the Debian Social Contract, Debian does "supports [...] users who develop and run non-free software on Debian" -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed