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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]