Red Hat 8.0.93 (Phoebe)

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I was reading the release notes (ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/phoebe/en/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES) and found the package list changes interesting. For example, Wine and WindowMaker are out. Pine is on the endangered list.

Package Changes

The following packages have been added to Red Hat Linux 8.0.93:

- bogl - Graphics library for framebuffers; used by the Red Hat Linux
installation program

- ckermit - Replaces gkermit

- coreutils - Replaces fileutils, textutils, sh-utils and stat

- desktop-printing - Drag-and-drop printing and print job icon

- devlabel - Support for persistent storage device access

- elfutils - Replaces libelf

- fontilus - Font viewer for Nautilus

- gnome-icon-theme - Icons for base GNOME environment

- gstreamer - Multimedia framework library

- gstreamer-plugins - Input and output plugins for gstreamer

- gthumb - Graphics viewer

- hpoj - HP OfficeJet support

- jwhois - Replaces whois

- libgnomeprint22 - Updated libraries

- libgnomeprintui22 - Updated libraries

- libgsf - Library for reading/writing structured files

- libmad - Audio file ID3 tag reading library

- monkey-media - Multimedia framework library

- musicbrainz - Library for accessing and creating music indexes

- nautilus-cd-burner - CD burning support for Nautilus

- nautilus-media - Audio playing support for Nautilus

- openssl096b - Compatibility maintenance package

- printman - Print queue management

- pyorbit - Replaces orbit-python

- redhat-config-samba - Samba configuration tool

- redhat-switch-mail - Renamed from redhat-switchmail

- rhythmbox - Audio file player (uses gstreamer gstreamer-plugins,
musicbrainz and monkey-media)

- soup - SOAP implementation library

- startup-notification - Support for busy cursor

- subversion - Version control system

- tsclient - GUI client for VNS and Windows Terminal Server

- ttmkfdir - Separated from XFree86

- xhtml1-dtds - XHTML1 support

The following packages have been removed from Red Hat Linux 8.0.93:

- WindowMaker - Resource constraints

- Xft - Integrated into XFree86

- bdflush - No longer required (needed by 2.2 kernels only)

- fileutils - Replaced by coreutils

- fortune-mod - Unclear copyright status

- gkermit - Replaced by ckermit

- ipvsadm - No longer part of Red Hat Linux product profile

- kbdconfig - Replaced by redhat-config-keyboard

- libelf - Replaced by elfutils

- librpm404 - No longer required compatibility library

- libxml10 - No longer required compatibility library

- mouseconfig - Replaced by redhat-config-mouse

- orbit-python - Replaced by pyorbit

- php-dbg-base - Not used within distribution

- php-dbg-client - Not used within distribution

- php-dbg-server - Not used within distribution

- redhat-switchmail - Renamed to redhat-switch-mail

- rhmask - Red Hat no longer distributes rhmask files

- rpm2html - Deprecated by author

- sh-utils - Replaced by coreutils

- stat - Replaced by coreutils

- textutils - Replaced by coreutils

- timeconfig - Replaced by redhat-config-date

- whois - Replaced by jwhois

- wine - Resource constraints

- wmapm - Part of Windowmaker removal

- wmclock - Part of Windowmaker removal

- wmix - Part of Windowmaker removal

- wu-ftpd - vsftpd is the recommended FTP daemon

- xtoolwait - Not used within distribution

The following packages have been deprecated, and may be removed from a
future release of Red Hat Linux:

- pine - License-related issues

- LPRng - CUPS is the recommended printing solution

- Glide3 - Multi-platform issues

- lilo - Grub is the recommended bootloader

- sndconfig - No longer required by mainstream hardware

- ncpfs - No longer part of Red Hat Linux product profile

- mars-nwe - No longer part of Red Hat Linux product profile