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Re: A proposal for removing obsolete packages
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: A proposal for removing obsolete packages |
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Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:54:48 -0500 |
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> > Agreed. And that matches our past behavior: we generally purge features
> > marked obsolete more than 2 major versions ago (tho the condition
shouldn't
> > be based on counting major versions but on years, IMO).
> I like this suggestion as well, and would like to delay purging until after
a
> full major release cycle.
I think we should state that as a lower bound, a minimum period to
wait, not as a default. To have a default waiting period before
deleting obsolete features would lead us to act rigidly, rather than
considering in each case what is best for the users.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
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