[Mageia-dev] Yet another list of missing packages

[Michael Scherer]

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