[arch-dev-public] [signoff] capi4k-utils-050718-7
Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764 greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764
greetings tpowa
You probably won't get any signoffs, as ISDN was never used outside Europe AFAIK (especially US never had ISDN to my knowledge) and nobody uses it anymore even here. I guess if it works for you, you can simply move it. Do we really need this in core? The idea was to provide an internet connection to people after installation (that's why we include ppp, various VPN systems and wireless drivers). But ISDN offers such a slow-band connection (64KBit/s on one B channel, 128KBit/s if you bundle two B channels) that you won't be able to continue installing Arch anyway. My suggestion is to move this to extra.
You probably won't get any signoffs, as ISDN was never used outside Europe AFAIK (especially US never had ISDN to my knowledge) and nobody uses it anymore even here.
We indeed had ISDN here. It was used for "broadband" before ADSL was common. It was very expensive and you couldn't buy an unlimited minute plan so it never really took off. I'm not aware of anyone who has used it in the last 5 years or so; it's probably semi-safe to agree that a broken update in that package won't affect many people. Dale
Am Montag 18 Mai 2009 schrieb Thomas Bächler:
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764
greetings tpowa
You probably won't get any signoffs, as ISDN was never used outside Europe AFAIK (especially US never had ISDN to my knowledge) and nobody uses it anymore even here. I guess if it works for you, you can simply move it.
Do we really need this in core? The idea was to provide an internet connection to people after installation (that's why we include ppp, various VPN systems and wireless drivers). But ISDN offers such a slow-band connection (64KBit/s on one B channel, 128KBit/s if you bundle two B channels) that you won't be able to continue installing Arch anyway. My suggestion is to move this to extra. Well as usual depends on the person. DSL and other connection types make 56k modems and isdn probably not that needed anymore. If other devs vote for moving to extra i'm fine with that. I'm probably the only one who uses this package in combination with hylafax.
greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
If other devs vote for moving to extra i'm fine with that. I'm probably the only one who uses this package in combination with hylafax.
Yes, but you don't use them for dialing the internet, but as a fax server and that is extra functionality, not core functionality.
Thomas Bächler wrote:
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
If other devs vote for moving to extra i'm fine with that. I'm probably the only one who uses this package in combination with hylafax.
Yes, but you don't use them for dialing the internet, but as a fax server and that is extra functionality, not core functionality.
So, is it decided to move this from [testing] to [extra] and remove it from [core]? Otherwise, I will give it a time based signoff for both architectures. Allan
Thomas Bächler wrote:
Tobias Powalowski schrieb:
If other devs vote for moving to extra i'm fine with that. I'm probably the only one who uses this package in combination with hylafax.
Yes, but you don't use them for dialing the internet, but as a fax server and that is extra functionality, not core functionality.
So, is it decided to move this from [testing] to [extra] and remove it from [core]? Otherwise, I will give it a time based signoff for both architectures.
Allan
Am Sonntag 24 Mai 2009 schrieb Allan McRae: hrm seems extra is a good place for it, so move it there. -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
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Allan McRae
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Dale Blount
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Thomas Bächler
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Tobias Powalowski