Hoary xpdf binaries have disappeared

Markus Kolb ubuntu-ml at tower-net.de
Wed May 25 15:58:24 UTC 2005


IMS - Bird, Mike wrote on Tue, May 24, 2005 at 15:42:11 -0700:
> On Monday 23 May 2005 09:54 pm, Mike Bird wrote:
> > The binaries of xpdf_3.00-11ubuntu3 have disappeared from the mirrors.
> 
> Now readahead has disappeared - both source and binaries.  readahead is 
> required by the current Hoary ubuntu-desktop (and kubuntu-desktop).
> 
> Someone has "fixed" xpdf by creating links to universe.  I see there are 
> similar links for other packages.  This is backwards.  Main should not depend 
> upon universe.  Some people only want to mirror main.
> 
> Is this buggy pool maintenance software or a hacker?

It is linked to main. So it is still in main. Where is the problem?
Maybe it is preparation for the next release.

cu




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