On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:01:50 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > There are many reasons why a package is being moved into extras. For > some of these packages, there already exists a default in core(Example: > dovecot as default as cyrus in extras) . For others, they potentially > fill a niche market better served by extras and so on. Of course there > are exceptions like both emacs and vi being bundled in core. I have > planned to take up the task of providing the rationale behind every > package move starting from the next release within the release notes. > Any help on this is of course most welcome > Wow that would be excellent Rahul - very glad to hear that. Documenting the reasons behind package movements in the release notes is a worthy aim. IMHO, it is especially handy to know when a package is being deprecated so there is time to get on board with the new favorite. And as you point out, movement from Core to Extras doesn't always imply this. --Jack
