Bug#182324: please remove psfig.sty
On 25.02.03 Atsuhito Kohda (kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp) wrote:
> > please remove psfig.sty from
> > /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/misc/psfig.sty (also tetex-src). This
> > package is quite obsolete in should should not be used in new
> > documents. If you have still old documents using that package you can
> > take instead epsfig.sty (part of the graphics-bundle), which is a
> > compatibility wrapper around graphics.
>
> But is there any inconvenience to include obsolete
> file(s)?
>
Not really. It makes the package smaller (just kidding!) and people
are forced to use the official supported LaTeX-packages and do not
rely on old obsolete packages. If you remove it the best would be be
to leave a note in README.Debian or in the changelog.
Hilmar
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