After a brief discussion with dmacks on IRC, let me clarify some points:
My proposal is to change the description of obsolete packages to the following
*when it makes sense* and isn't too long:
Description: OBSOLETE use package 'FOO' instead
Some remarks:
* Of course there are cases where this
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On 4/6/11 7:19 AM, Max Horn wrote:
> After a brief discussion with dmacks on IRC, let me clarify some points:
>
> My proposal is to change the description of obsolete packages to the
> following *when it makes sense* and isn't too long:
> Descriptio
On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:19 AM, Max Horn wrote:
> My view: I would prefer to follow the policy and rev up packages; if
> a user still has them installed, this way they explicitly see that
> they are about to update an obsolete package (something they may
> have missed in the past due to a confus
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On 4/3/11 1:59 PM, OS project wrote:
> Hello Sir,
>
>I hope you have tested the latest jlint info file. If so can you
> provide us the feedback whether it is working for you or not.
>
> Thanks
> Jaya Krishna
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>
>
I've been looking at th
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:32:44 -0400, Charles Lepple wrote:
On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:19 AM, Max Horn wrote:
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> > My view: I would prefer to follow the policy and rev up packages; if
> > a user still has them installed, this way they explicitly see that
> > they are about to update an obsolete pa
On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:26:40 -0400, Alexander Hansen wrote:
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> On 4/6/11 7:19 AM, Max Horn wrote:
> > After a brief discussion with dmacks on IRC, let me clarify some points:
I agree with what Max says I said:)
> I've got one thing to ad
On Apr 6, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Daniel Macks wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:32:44 -0400, Charles Lepple wrote:
>> Along those lines, if it looks like a package needs to depend on
>> fink-
>> obsolete-packages, I'm putting my vote in for adding that dependency
>> when you modify the description. (A
