[csw-maintainers] Drop koffice_gcc ?

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Wed Dec 21 13:39:07 CET 2011


Hi Peter,

Am 21.12.2011 um 13:04 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>> I am redoing some of the baselibs for ImageMagick and would like to drop one
>> old package (the only one requirung legacy ilmbase libs):
>>  koffice_gcc
>> I don't see that this is going to be updated in the future as desktop Solaris is
>> pretty much dead.
>> 
>> Comments?
> 
> Nothing against dropping the package. However, I don't see what has this
> to do with the desktop environment. Maybe there is something to clarify
> in what you/we understand by "desktop environment".

I meant applications that are mainly useful if you are using Solaris for your
desktop. An office application I would say is in this category, but e.g. not
the gtk Wireshark GUI, which can be useful even on a server for debugging
purposes.


Best regards

  -- Dago


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