OT: Re: FC5 Wishlist

[Michael A. Peters]

On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 17:15 -0700, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 18:50 -0500, Kyle Pointer wrote:
> > > > extras is a path to core.
> > > No. Extras is the path to the dark side.
> > Why is that? or are you just being flippant?
> 
> Historically speaking, extras seem to be where packages go to die.

Isn't this the first release where packages have been moved to extras?
I think it is better for a package personally - some packages weren't
getting the attention they should of in core - but in extras, they are
maintained by people who actually WANT them.

> 
> Or like a roach motel - "they check in but they don't check out".

Must have your cvs misconfigured or something ;)