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On 27/04/2012 15:52, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> By now there are only 3 packages left which install to the deprecated
> /usr/X11R6 tree:
> 
> X-start-menu-icons   --> If Alexander does not update his package I would provide a new one

X-start-menu-icons has a lot more problems than using the old prefix, see [1].
 We should probably just remove it and provide some suitable helpers to
encourage application packages to install their own start menu links.

> x2x                  --> what about this ?

I though this had already been removed, see [2]

> libXft1              --> should be obsoleted (nothing depends an it anymore)

[1] http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10755
[2] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2012-03/msg00079.html

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