[Mageia-dev] Yet another list of missing packages

Thu Mar 10 17:14:03 CET 2011

Le jeudi 10 mars 2011 à 16:44 +0100, xi a écrit :
+> 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.
+
+You don't disturb, no problem.
+
+> 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 ;-)
+
+So I assume that you ( or tux99 ) are ready to test it, or better to
+maintain it ?
+
+Because I do not have the hardware to test, do not plan to try to find
+it, and my time is quite limited. So I will not work on it if I cannot
+check that it work, and if no one does the job, it doesn't happen by
+itself.
+
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+