[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs ncsa_mosaic

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Mon Apr 5 21:50:02 CEST 2010


Hi Phil,

Am 05.04.2010 um 21:36 schrieb Philip Brown:
> In contrast, if you dont have ncsa mosaic 1.0... you do *not* lose the
> ability to view [html 1.0 or whatever] sites. There are plenty of
> other browsers around to view them.

Nobody wants Mosaic 1.0 any more, it can't do frames. That's why
Maciej packaged up 2.7 ;-)

> Our repository is not a museum. The only reason we keep v1 packages
> around after v2 is out, is if they have unique functional value.  Once
> they no longer do, we drop them in favour of the v2 package.

There is to my knowledge no newer version than 2.7b6 and there has
also not been a fork.


Best regards

  -- Dago


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