On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:26:03 +0200 Alin Nastac wrote: > Marius Mauch wrote: > > >>If not, i *personally* could go slowly removing the entries, along > >>with other people willing to help, or any other _better_ suggestion > >>to deal with this? > >> > >> > > > >Don't do this without explicitly checking with the maintainer for a > >package (if existant). Generally redundant entries in package.mask > >don't hurt, so if it's not absolutely clear that the entry is not > >needed anymore keep it. > > > > > > > > Hmm.. I fail to see why package.mask shouldn't be cleaned without > everyone's consent. > Assuming the script is correct, why would you contact the maintainer > of package foe when the oldest version in the current tree is bigger > than the masked one? Because there are more scenarios than the one you see. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.