OT: Re: FC5 Wishlist

[seth vidal]

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

Historically speaking?

Are any of the packages in Fedora Extras 4 poorly maintained? Are any of
them languishing, unloved?

Are packages not being updated and new packages not being uploaded?

I don't think you can answer yes to any of those questions.

So before you talk about how extras is not doing well, show me some
evidence of that.

-sv