Policy proposal for compatibility packages

[Patrice Dumas]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:28:42PM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
> - Third party applications which still depend on the old interface (that
> the maintainer is aware of specifically, not "something might use it
> someday")

That seems to me to be a perfect reason. Please don't try to force
packagers to do something without reason. If a packager wants to invest
time to maintain a compat package, let him do.

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Pat