> In the past, packages were removed because they were no longer > functional, not widely used, etc. They weren't just pushed to another > location, they were dropped altogether. > > What we are seeing now is a large scale dumping of packages with the > excuse that they can go to Extras. However, since Extras isn't > available at install, ISOs are not available for download, and anaconda > can't handle dependencies, currently running software can be broken by > upgrades. anaconda can so handle dependencies it just doesn't currently have a way to talk to those repositories that have the dependencies. -sv
