On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:32:55 +0100
Manuel Rüger <mrueg@gentoo.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently noticed it twice, that it seems to be common practice to
> remove a package without using the methods described in [1], but just
> dropping it from cvs.
> 
> From my observations packages removed without last-rites could be
> characterized by this:
> 
> - it was a dependency of another package
> - this package dropped / incorporated the dependency
> - no other packages depend on it
> - there are possible forks or updates, but maintainer doesn't care^W^W
> has no interest
> 
> This might work for the main tree, but it won't for overlays, that might
> also depend on these packages (because they have a patched / older
> version of your maintained package).
> 
> Please stop killing user experience or document this "feature" in [1].
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Manuel
> 
> [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/ebuild-maintenance/index.html

I wasn't aware last-riting had become general policy.  It was originally
started by the treecleaner team to give people time to object to
maintainer-needed removals, and others thought it was a good idea, but it was
always up to the discretion of the maintainer back then.

I'm not one of the offenders, just pointing out maybe some people missed the
policy change as I did.


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