Orphaning packages

[Pavel Alexeev (aka Pahan-Hubbitus)]

22.08.2009 23:44, Michel Salim wrote:
> That's a matter of aesthetics, and there's no real right answer: Debian,
> Ubuntu and Mandriva tend to split packages into multiple subs; Fedora
> tend to keep as close as a one-to-one correspondence between source RPM
> and binary RPM (save splitting off -devel, -doc, and if a package
> contains libraries that are usable elsewhere, -libs). openSUSE is
> in-between.
>
> The point, though, is that a package maintainer is in charge of the
> entire source package (SRPM). So you can't just take over gwenview
> without taking over kdegraphics.
My point was different: I want use gwenview but don't always use 
kdegrapics, wich have big size. So, I often use it in XFCE.

> Now, if there are any actively-maintained branches (perhaps EPEL 4 or
> EPEL 5) that still has a standalone gwenview, and you feel like
> maintaining it for that branch, that's a different question.
No, maintain it *only* for EPEL is not interesting for me.

Regards, Pavel Alexeev aka Pahan-Hubbitus