Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread David Fox
Oops, I meant that to go to the list, sorry David. On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:35 PM, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list. Something I've noticed with Testing/Lenny is that packages often disappear for a short period (a few days or weeks) and then reappear. A few current examples:

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/14/08 20:31, David Fox wrote: Oops, I meant that to go to the list, sorry David. On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:35 PM, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list. Something I've noticed with Testing/Lenny is that packages often

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread David Fox
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if an app is removed from a repository, apt won't tell you. deborphan might, though. Understood so far. But this isn't very helpful: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ deborphan xmms xmms And aptitude why-not xmms doesn't say

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:01:55PM -0700, David Fox wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if an app is removed from a repository, apt won't tell you. deborphan might, though. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ deborphan xmms xmms And aptitude why-not xmms

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:54:10PM -0500, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: That's the difference between libraries and apps. An app will be removed if the dependent libraries are removed (by user or Debian), and libraries will be flagged for removal if the *user* removes the

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:01:55PM -0700, David Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if an app is removed from a repository, apt won't tell you. deborphan might, though. Understood so far. But this isn't