Re: [gentoo-dev] [last rites] media-gfx/sodipodi

[Carsten Lohrke <carlo@gentoo.org>]

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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?

Yes, there is. It's slowing down the process, getting into the flow. Waiting 
30 days is a lot of time. A regular user does not necessarily follow the 
dev-gentoo mailing list and it doesn't matter for him, if the package is 
masked or removed. He can always get it from (web-)cvs. The time to wait is 
to give others the time to step up to maintain the package. And if some dev 
missed the announcement, nothing is stopping him to reintroduce the it. 
Honestly, I don't see the point.


Carsten

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