From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FPsft-0003K1-6l for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:50:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k322oSwG008903; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 02:50:28 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.42]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k322mZ6j000505 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 02:48:35 GMT Received: from localhost64.wan (cpe-66-25-88-87.satx.res.rr.com [66.25.88.87]) by ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k322mX7f021216 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:48:34 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [last rites] media-gfx/sodipodi From: Daniel Goller To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200604011918.25444.carlo@gentoo.org> References: <1143626796.16501.16.camel@rivendell> <20060329235516.GM13186@aerie.halcy0n.com> <200604011918.25444.carlo@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-NaKEGwRAflVQKt5Mf9KM" Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:48:16 -0600 Message-Id: <1143946096.10088.57.camel@localhost64.wan> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: ec8843a5-3a5d-41c0-ae07-63b37fd9b0b3 X-Archives-Hash: 27c7b0fcf76988b98b62e47fe3a81d1f --=-NaKEGwRAflVQKt5Mf9KM Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 19:18 +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote: > On Thursday 30 March 2006 01:55, Mark Loeser wrote: > > Not directed specifically at you, but it seems a lot of people are > > masking stuff and removing it very quickly, and I'd really like to see > > everyone wait the 30 days to remove something from the tree. That way > > anyone using this package in some way will get the message from p.mask, > > and know what they should upgrade to. > > > > With that being said, is there any reason that the package should be > > removed so quickly? >=20 > Yes, there is. It's slowing down the process, getting into the flow. Wait= ing=20 > 30 days is a lot of time. A regular user does not necessarily follow the=20 > dev-gentoo mailing list and it doesn't matter for him, if the package is=20 > masked or removed. He can always get it from (web-)cvs. The time to wait = is=20 > to give others the time to step up to maintain the package. And if some d= ev=20 > missed the announcement, nothing is stopping him to reintroduce the it.=20 > Honestly, I don't see the point. >=20 >=20 exactly, what's the point of removing it so fast? give people a chance to miss it, it does not matter if it's removed or masked only as far as going "woah, what?" and if masked it is a matter of unmasking rather than recommitting=20 in short, if it's slowing down the process, why do you need it to be quick in the first place? --=-NaKEGwRAflVQKt5Mf9KM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQBELztw/aM9DdBw91cRAttyAJi+3cs7a6Qa/vDhcgwU6e8X5ktFAKDEIdO9 9XQmXUCkVC0wUWbPNNdrpg== =RS27 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-NaKEGwRAflVQKt5Mf9KM-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list