[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs libffi5, libffi_dev

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 07.02.2011 um 01:09 schrieb Philip Brown:
> I acknowlge that there was previous discussion on the issue, and that
> there were no "dissents" at that time.
> 
> That being said:
> - renames are a pain in the butt

I would say that this needs to be changed. We have a lot of
inconsistency anyway and need a formal method to deprecate
packages as standard procedure.

> - there are **over 100 of them to be done
> - the likelyhood of all of them getting done in less than a year, is
> very small. My guess is, it would take 2 years to get them all.

I would guess most of them are from me :-)


Best regards

  -- Dago