On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 23:06 -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> Earlier tonight, I discussed with halcy0n our differing opinions of the
> need for modular X to enter ~arch and break trees for some ~arch users.
> In my opinion, this is acceptable and beneficial, as ~arch users should
> already be those willing to help out. It will assist in learning which
> of the still-unported apps are actually in use and help compile a
> possible list of tree removal candidates. halcy0n, on the other hand,
> feels that any breakage of the ~arch tree is anathema.

Funny enough, I kinda agree with both of you.  I am currently working
through the *enormous* number of packages in games-* but with the
release forthcoming and also very busy.  Any help here would be
appreciated.  I would hope to get as much of this done as possible
*before* the packages go into ~arch, rather than after.

> It's my earnest hope that this proposal makes everyone happy, because I
> refuse to let modular X get old and rusty in package.mask while hundreds
> of unmaintained (or undermaintained, for whatever reason) applications
> hold it back.

In our case, it is simply sheer numbers.  We have a small group
responsible for a large number of packages.  We are definitely agreeable
to getting some help with this, as we don't want to be the cause of
holding back modular X in any way.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux