Subject: Re: Anybody using Mosaic and lesstif12?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/02/2002 14:40:09
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 01:16:32PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Mosaic has historical value. A few years ago, I used it to test webpages.
> I don't use it anymore.
>
> I wonder if this discussion is really about removing old, unused,
> unmaintained software. I say if it doesn't hurt (like being hard to keep
> up-to-date), then keep it in.
The interest I have in removing Mosaic and lesstif12 are that removing
lesstif12 will simply the Motif-handling in pkgsrc. Specifically, we
could obsolete the *MOTIF12* variables. I agree that Mosaic has historic
value, but I don't consider it a goal of pkgsrc.
Cheers,
-- Johnny Lam <jlam@netbsd.org>