Re: update messages

On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 04:59:40PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Digby Tarvin wrote:
So what puzzles me is why it is no longer in 'non-free', and if
it was removed because of some objection to the licensing terms,
surely there should be something documenting this?

It may have been removed simply because no one was willing to maintain it
any more. That often happens when a non-free package ceases to provide any
functionality not available in a Free package.

--
John Hasler

Its not so much the removal of a package that disturbs me - it is
the apparent lack of warning or explanation.

It makes me rather reluctant to upgrade if some package that I have
come to rely on might unexpectedly disappear - perhaps unnoticed
until it is urgently needed...

Another package I just noticed is missing since my dist-upgrade is
xlockmore. I searched packages.qa.debian.org and all I found was
what looks like an automated logging of the fact that the package
is gone - no reason or dialogue that I can see:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xlockmore/news/20061119T233918Z.html

Is there some mailing list I should be on to receive warnings about
packages being considered for removal (assuming the disappearance
was intentional)?

Regards,
DigbyT
--
Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com
http://www.digbyt.com


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