[Mageia-dev] Yet another list of missing packages

Thu Mar 10 17:41:49 CET 2011

Michael Scherer wrote:
+> 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.
+
+Same as Tux99 here: I have two old PIII PC with ISA sound cards, both 
+running a mandriva 2008 for multimedia purposes.
+
+Ok to test, but I can't promise I will do that as fast as you would need...
+Basically, I will test alpha2 ISO and report whether this package works 
+or not. Is it ok for the Mageia "schedule"?
+
+Xavier
+