Re: Let's retire original glib and gtk+ (new report)

[Sérgio Basto]

On Wed, 2022-03-09 at 08:20 +0200, Otto Urpelainen wrote:
>  Sérgio Basto kirjoitti 7.3.2022 klo 18.17:
>  > Hi,
>  > In resume glib still required for 20 packages  [1],
>  > apart of the sweet memories that some package bring to us , any of
>  > these packages is needed ? or haven't replacement ?
>  > 
>  > Depending packages (rawhide) (20): crossfire crossfire-client
>  > crossfire-maps
>  > freedroidrpg 
>  Crossfire and freedroidrpg are games, so "is it needed?"
> and "does it
>  have a replacement?" are not good questions to ask.  
ok , IMO games don't have replacement , unless we have the same game in
other platform . 

>  A better question
>  would be "does anybody want to play it?".  
yes 

>  Games do not really ever 
>  become obsolete, each is a unique experience and cannot be replaced
>  by a 
>  "modern alternative to X with more features".
>  
>  Personally, I have never played either of these games, and I suspect
>  I 
>  will not ever play them. Retiring them is probably not a great loss
>  to 
>  Fedora. But, if there is no pressing reason, security issue, lack of 
>  maintainer or such, to retire the compatibility lib, I would prefer
>  to 
>  keep all the games that somebody is willing to maintain.
>  
>  
>  Otto
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Sérgio M. B.