[Mageia-dev] Yet another list of missing packages

Thu Mar 10 16:44:13 CET 2011

Michael Scherer wrote:
+> Le jeudi 10 mars 2011 à 11:00 +0100, Anne nicolas a écrit :
+>> Hi there
+>>
+>> I've tried to formalize a list of missing packages:
+>> http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=missing_packages
+>>
+>> These are packages included in rpmsrate file but not available in
+>> Mageia. So basically they should be included in isos depending on
+>> weight. Please follow pattern if you want to contribute it will help
+>> also to clean rpmsrate.
+>>
+>> These packages are not mandatory but please do not forget to add
+>> reason if there are not to be imported.
+> 
+> I think we should do some cleaning. 
+> - zcip is dead upstream ( but I imported before seeing this )
+> - rpm-rebuilder is IMHO not used much 
+> - zaptel-* are deprecated, that's now called dadhi 
+> - rio500, does people still have this hardware ?
+> - sndconfig, same question ( afaik, it serve to configure isa sound
+> cards )
+> 
+> There is also a lot of hardware related software, can people check if
+> this is still used ?
+
+Hi,
+
+Sorry to disturb your discussion. Just a few word about me : I am 
+following this list since the beginning and I am a "from the outset" 
+mandrake / mandriva user.
+
+The reason for my e-mail: I am still using sndconfig on PIII machines in 
+ordre to configure the sound, so please don't remove it.
+
+The more global goal of my messages is : please don't remove packages 
+that you think "useless" too fast. The availability of these "small 
+details" (as sndconfig) are the thinks that makes me feeling happy or 
+angry about a distribution ;-)
+
+Thanks for having read me and please don't drop all these uncommon 
+packages! (I have also seen xine-ui in the list).
+
+Xavier
+