Sat, 04 Dec 2004

mutt -f =debian-devel -e "push Dhot-babe<enter>"

I gave up reading the hot-babe thread shortly after it descended into discussing the crusades. To me, the whole discussion has failed to mention the more interesting question of whether the package is useful and if we want Debian to be full of silly pointless packages. I know traditionally if someone was willing to maintain a package and it was DFSG-free then it accepted into the archive. But now sarge doesn't even fit on a DVD anymore we have to start asking ourselves "Just how many media players/irc clients/load meters/menstrual calendars do we need in Debian?" Maybe it is time someone went through the archive, looking at the orphaned, unmaintained and trivial packages and ask "Do we really need this package?"

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Just let 'em rot. You don't put out a full sarge on CD, DVD anyway - just the popularity-contest winners. It'd take AGES to sort through the packages and the arguments would be endless. Until the mirrors really insist, use your time more wisely.
Posted by Jon at Sat Dec 4 12:19:21 2004

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