[Mageia-dev] Is libesd needed anymore?

Sat Jan 15 09:21:51 CET 2011

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
+> 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
+>
+
+i think coling is right and this is the best moment to drop packages
+as we won't have to rebuild anything after dropping it
+