Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Dec 10, 2004 at 16:30, Will Newton praised the llamas by saying: >> > I have looked at it. And I don't think it is an acceptable thing >> > to ship as part of an operating system. I am an atheist and a >> > liberal but the majority of people in the world are not. >> >> I don't think it is an acceptable thing to ship as it has no use. > > That's a bad reason; if you applied it consistently you'd have to get > rid of frozen-bubble.
Though you could try the following set of criteria: 1. Are there already similar packages in Debian? NO - okay, add. 2. Does it offer significant *technical* advantages over those packages? YES - okay, add. 3. Are any of those other similar packages poorly maintained? YES - don't add another until the others are cleaned up or removed - so don't add 4. Hairsplitting time - is there likelihood that adding it will cause grave distress to some proportion of the target market? NO - don't add. Default: then add it. Since there are a *lot* of CPU monitors, and a finite number of developers, and I'm sure at least one CPU monitor needs more maintenance, and wmbubblemon does the same job better, why add another? cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251 Liverpool Road | need a Hand? London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487 www.shadow.org.uk/products/newhand.shtml