From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3rwv-0008H1-8C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:32:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2B70E1C0F9; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02E571C0E9 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D8E1B4033 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.316 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.316 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.717, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6PMHg8QMCCQC for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D041B404D for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3rvl-0003fl-4A for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:31:05 +0200 Received: from 216-197-246-66.msjw.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca ([216.197.246.66]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:31:05 +0200 Received: from dirtyepic by 216-197-246-66.msjw.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:31:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:37:00 -0600 Message-ID: <20110327093700.5ff5f076@gentoo.org> References: <20110326055210.E906D20054@flycatcher.gentoo.org> <4D8EC104.4090503@gentoo.org> <20110327102927.GA14498@Eternity> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/JBX9u9J20bzQgQjnQmUjt5U"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216-197-246-66.msjw.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 45334fa1ed12c2732ceb23e191a2496b --Sig_/JBX9u9J20bzQgQjnQmUjt5U Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:09:09 +0530 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Markos Chandras wr= ote: > > 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 > > >=20 > 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. :) --=20 fonts, gcc-porting, it makes no sense how it makes no sense toolchain, wxwidgets but i'll take it free anytime @ gentoo.org EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 06= 62 --Sig_/JBX9u9J20bzQgQjnQmUjt5U Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk2PWaAACgkQiqiDRvmkBmKBxACgnbMXQaHD+lSeM3iZgOqXXMMI NZwAoNWAY5ZdwbJWip7U4WRaU6sQ2XTz =VAwd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/JBX9u9J20bzQgQjnQmUjt5U--