[gentoo-dev] metadata revised - removal of packages

[Torsten Veller <tove@gentoo.org>]

1)
While removing maintainers from metadata i realised (not for the first
time) that i don't understand metadata :/

I thought it might be a good idea to add a new herd (maintainer-needed)
for packages where the maintainer has left. I think it will make it
    easier for bugwranglers to assign bugs
    transparent that the maintainance situation has changed
    trackable

To me maintainer-needed is always a first step before a package gets
masked and removed from the tree.

Well, i was told that adding the maintainer-needed herd is not a good
idea and it is best to remove metadata.xml if no valuable information
remains.

I couldn't find information on that. Can somebody explain?



2)
What is the next step after the last maintainer is removed from metadata.xml?
Well i announced these packages on -dev. Now i can wait some time (how
long?) and then?
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