On 20 Oct 2001, [iso-8859-1] Jérôme Marant wrote: > Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > > > * Package name : apron > > * Version : 0.2 > > * Upstream Author : Alexander Southgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * URL : http://spondooliks.org/alex/apron/apron.php3 > > * License : GPL > > * Description : An MPEG player running in a text-console. > > > > It uses aalib for displaying the videos... > > Are you serious? Does Debian really need this kind of useless > software?
Usefullness of software is not a requirement for it to be packaged. A good example is tuxracer in the m68k-port; It doesn't run on my Pentium I at 166Mhz, let alone on a Motorola 68000 processor that runs at 50Mhz. Still, it's compiled since it's there, and maybe some user would like to have fun and install it. Well... miracles do happen ;-) > Moreover, there are some other video players that > can use aalib plugins to display video in a console. > > We really don't need that. If you don't need it, you're welcome to not install it on your personal system. I think it's really nice to have some software that can do this, and probably will use it. -- wouter dot verhelst at advalvas dot be "Human knowledge belongs to the world" -- From the movie "Antitrust"
