On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 11:33:49AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041017 11:20]: > > Andreas Barth wrote: > > > > > > I could however see the possiblity to add a new package "mozilla1.7", > > > that users can optionally install. However, I also won't like it. > > > Please be very careful with packages like these. It may require a > > new version of libfoo1 and libbar2g and libbaz0g etc. which people > > may accidently install, which in turn can hurt them in other areas > > and contribute "strange" bug reports.
Sometimes I could almost believe there is a libfoo :) > As soon as it requires new versions of some libraries, this is a no-go. > People who want it may go to backports.org or so. Perhaps we may add an > news item on volatiles page about that then. Andi, I don't understand this. What is the harm (in new versions of libraries)? > The main word is "above all, do no harm". The default action is to not > add something. Regards, Paddy
