[arch-dev-public] Package removal update

Paul Mattal paul at mattal.com
Tue Nov 27 15:33:02 EST 2007


Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Nov 27, 2007 7:33 AM, Paul Mattal <paul at mattal.com> wrote:
>> Why is xfsdump (to dump xfs) in core but dump (for ext2/3) in
>> unsupported?
> 
> Because no one brought this point up earlier 8)
> 
>> It seems we should support dump for filesystems we support. I'll
>> take dump into core if desired. Or we could move xfsdump and dump
>> both into extra.
> 
> I agree we should stay consistent, but how important are these apps? I
> know I've never used or heard of anyone using them. I'd guess they're
> recovery type tools, but we have a lot of those in extra already.
> Would anyone have a problem with both of them being in extra?

I think having both in extra would be fine. If someone moves 
xfsdump, I'll bring dump up from unsupported to extra and maintain it.

- P




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