Re: update messages

On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:31:04PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:37 +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote:
Here is what it says:
[...]
Maintainer: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

That says it all, doesn't it?

Afraid the name doesn't mean anything to me.

I have tried google, and whilest I have found the same deb package
that I have (or derivatives) elsewhere, I haven't found any explanation
as to why its gone - though I did find one site mirroring it because
'debian hates XV'...??

Didn't you see my link to the bug report about the removal, in an
earlier message in the thread?

Sorry, couldn't find the message you are referring to - was it posted under
the same name? All I can find other than the the one I am replying to
is
8113 OsL 12/28 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (1.8K) Re: installing java (for limewire)
8142 OsL 12/28 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (2.0K) Re: installing java (for limewire)
8212 OsL 12/29 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (0.9K) Re: installing java (for limewire)
8271 OsL 12/29 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (2.9K) Re: bridging eth1 to eth0
8405 NsL 12/31 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (0.9K) Re: /dev/dsp missing
8406 NsL 12/31 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (1.6K) Re: Looking for music player softw
8414 NsL 12/31 [ 0] Sven Arvidsson (1.6K) Re: Looking for music player softw

Is there a history file/database somewhere where additions and
removals from the official debian package repository are logged?
Something which came back with 'removed on such and such a date
for such and such a reason' would be so much more useful than
a database which only mentioned packages that still existed.

After all, if there is a philosophical objection to a package on
some ground, removing it makes a much stronger statement if people
know why it isn't there.

Regards,
DigbyT
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http://www.digbyt.com


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