On Tue, 2018-10-02 at 05:13 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
fbset was not removed 3 years ago, but 6 years
...not yet 6.
# ls -lGg fbs* -rw-rw-r-- 1 45141 Jan 7 2015 fbset-2.1-0.1.i586.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 1 46005 Jan 7 2015 fbset-2.1-0.1.x86_64.rpm
I got those from BS home:Ledest. The content of those files matches the timestamps, not yet 4 years ago. They're what I use, and still work, but normally they are of no use, as the usual context is I'm asking someone who wants help on a forum or mailing list to provide information helpful in finding a solution.
The maintainer did so with a comment stating that it was made obsolete by KMS and other tools
Where would this comment have been, or be found now? If I could have figured out the replacement tool(s) I wouldn't still be looking or asking. Surely fbset must serve some purpose to justify other major distros continuing to include them not only in their repos, but in their default installations.
for any package that has removed from Tumbleweed, if you know the source package name, you can query the removal reason using: osc log -D openSUSE:Factory $pkgname, then the 'top most entry' will give you the information you seek: e.g.: osc log -D openSUSE:Factory fbset reveals: r20 | coolo | 2013-05-16 10:11:26 | 8b0d8fdc295a48ede6ccbad7796dabb3 | 2.1 | rq134218 Obsoleted by KMS and other modern tools As for your initial mail: it cana help if you formulate explicit questions into your emails. Keep in mind that the readers of your emails don't know about the thoughts you had before writing down the email - we can base our answers only on the information provided. A generally good indication for a question in an email is a question mark (?). Since your original mail contained none, and also no phrase other than pure information you gathered, there was no way of telling what your intention behind the mail was. Try to formulate conscise questions - the less open, the better people can answer. cheers Dominique