From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0426E138010 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84DC8E06C1; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:16:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www-52-3.vfemail.net (mail.vfemail.net [108.76.175.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68850E05A5 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:16:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 80279 invoked by uid 89); 24 Mar 2013 09:16:04 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 80269, pid: 80274, t: 2.0749s scanners: clamav: 0.95.2/m:51/d:9604 Received: from unknown (HELO amit.localdomain) (aHNAdmZlbWFpbC5uZXQ=@MTc4LjQwLjIzNy4xMDA=) by 172.16.100.54 with ESMTPA; 24 Mar 2013 09:16:02 -0000 Received: by amit.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 11000) id ED2AB8B7870; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:15:57 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:15:57 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-2?B?UvNiZXJ0IMhlcvJhbnNr/Q==?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform In-Reply-To: References: <514CE32C.7090509@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.12; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20130324091557.ED2AB8B7870@amit.localdomain> X-Archives-Salt: bf0959d8-64eb-4bdc-b55f-7f71ec1e13c6 X-Archives-Hash: 8f182c9132d9a46efc649a6634220adb On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:13:07 -0400 James Cloos wrote: > >>>>> "MC" =3D=3D Markos Chandras writes: >=20 > MC> The package is going away unless someone fixes the bugs and > MC> properly maintains the package >=20 > Again, that is an irresponsible mistake. It is better to just leave > it as is than to kick it. Dropping important packages can only harm > the community and is never welcome. And that is why I now appeal to users: _Do not report bugs to Gentoo unless a package is completely broken._ Because what you will get in return? Package removed. A package with bugs has a greater user value than no package at all. Until Gentoo does not understands that and does not change its removal policy accordingly, and provides technical means to reflect it*, it is the only user-viable** way how to keep a package in the tree as long as possible. * Which could be e. g. masking a package until it is completely broken. ** No, I do not want to become a developer. No, I do not want to maintain a package. I am the user, I want using it. (It does not mean that I do not contribute to the community, I just have other ways/projects to do so.) Robert --=20 R=F3bert =C8er=F2ansk=FD E-mail: openhs@tightmail.com Jabber: hs@jabber.sk