[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml

[Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:09:09 +0530
Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 01:17:46PM +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:

> >> I propose that we should be more aggressive about package.masking (for
> >> removal) all maintainer-needed packages from the tree by doing that
> >> one month after they become maintainer-needed. If someone doesn't
> >> volunteer to take care of it, it probably wasn't important anyway.
> >>
> >>
> > Uhm no. The fact that nobody takes care of it doesn't necessarily mean
> > that the package is broken and that it should be removed
> >
> 
> I never said that such packages were broken. I'm saying that if no one
> wants to maintain them, they probably aren't needed by anyone, and we
> should clean such cruft from the tree.

This is just wrong.  If a package is working then it's easy to overlook the
fact it has no maintainer.  Nor does it need one.  When it breaks is when
people notice and either fix it or trash it.

> If they *are* needed by someone, then those folks should come forward
> to maintain it.

Good luck with that. :)


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