On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:47:58 +0800
Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 02/10/2013 05:01 PM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
> > # Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> (10 Feb 2013)
> > # Fails with gcc-4.7, crashes (#301946, #312073), problems with
> > # boost (#319921), problems with python-2.7 (#338826), really old
> > # version in the tree, people should move to sci overlay one (#424659).
> > # Removal in a month.
> > sci-visualization/paraview
> 
> So instead of moving things from random overlays to the tree we remove
> packages now, remove features from other packages because of that
> (openfoam) and then ... tell users to use an overlay?
> 
> Somehow this appears not well thought out to me. Would anyone be
> terribly upset if I started pillaging this silly overlay? (And any other
> overlays that look like they are fun)

+1. If you can't manage moving/updating your packages properly
and on-time from the sci overlay, please get rid of it.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny