Bruce Perens writes on debian-user and to lots of people: ... > OK, I hear you - here's a note for the policy manual, Ian, if it isn't > already in there. > > Varargs and libtermcap are provided to support end-users installing > legacy software, and the few packages (like Netscape) that are not > available to us in binary form. Debian packages should be ported to > stdarg and ncurses when they are built, please.
I have added the attached text. Let me know if you want something changed. Ian. <sect>Obsolete constructs and libraries: varargs and libtermcap <p> <prgn/<varargs.h>/ is provided to support end-users compiling very old software; libtermcap is provided to support the execution of software which has been linked against it (either old programs or those such as Netscape which are only available in binary form). <p> Debian packages should be ported to <prgn/<stdarg.h>/ and ncurses when they are built.