On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:24:40AM -0500, Eric Warnke wrote:
dovecot - IPAP server - 2 objections, but if you can server to the internet, you can download it from extras. Ether this or cyrus should be cut.
Cyrus should go then. Dovecot works for any user but Cyrus requires an expert to set up its way of doing things.
*lynx/elinks - 1 objection about scripts using lynx... ether those scripts are not part of core or they are not marked correctly. If you can surf the web with either, you can download them from extras. If either has a dependancy in core the .src.rpm needs to be corrected. Personally I think lynx should go to extras.*
Lynx is essential for blind users, elinks could go.
*New additions to the likley list* dmalloc, valgrind - electricence appears to be more compatible and better developed. freeglut - library with no dependancy in core
Freeglut is basically expected to be part of an OS with OpenGL
giftrans - netpbm tools can do the same
netpbm tools are garbage, lose netpbm instead. netpbm security is abysmal and functionality iffy.
iptstate - package getting stale jed - another text mode editor joe - yet another text editor ( nano / pico / emacs / ed / vi ) lftp - useful ftp client ( ftp, ncftp ) D:0
As a heavyweight joe user I still agree it should be extras
MAKEDEV - Superceeded by udev ?
Not always and tiny
*VFlib2 - Required by MajicPoint and ghostscript - only if we can break the ghostscript compatibility
- MagicPoint - Duplicated functionality already in other packages
Not duplicated at all. May be appropriate for extras for other reasons but there is no duplication between mgp and openoffice because openoffice can't do most of what mgp can do and vice versa
awesfx - OLD ( 2000 ) D:0
Needed for SB64 still
cdecl - C/C++ to English conversion D:0
Tiny
autorun - functionality in most desktops already d:0
Should go - its dangerous anyway
ftpcopy - utility D:0. I have never used it, do we need in core
ssh + rsync nowdays
Alan