[Mageia-dev] Is libesd needed anymore?

Sat Jan 15 00:37:53 CET 2011

On 15 January 2011 01:18, Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+> Op vrijdag 14 januari 2011 13:22:54 schreef Colin Guthrie:
+>> Hi,
+>>
+>> When importing packages, I'm very tempted to not import esound. It's
+>> only used to compile libesd. Do we really need it?
+>>
+>> I don't think we ship any apps that use only esd, so I don't think
+>> that's a problem but perhaps some old legacy apps (i.e. games) still
+>> need it.
+>>
+>> What do people think? It's not really much hassle to support it, but by
+>> the same token, dead projects have to be buried at some point!
+>>
+>> Col
+>
+> I don't fully agree, dead projects can stay alive (undead).
+>
+> however, just don't import it, don't have support for it in gnome. and if
+> someone really needs it, he can import it and maintain it if he wants to.
+>
+> in short, drop it and let someone else figure it out at a later date.
+>
+
+Well, no, dead projects are just that, dead...
+
+And if libesd is dropped all packages that BR it need to be fixed;
+maybe postpone this until the importing rush is over, then it can be
+phased out after this high pressure stage is over.. (just MHO).
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+