From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAB2C138334 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BBF8E08D4; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:31:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx-out1.startmail.com (mx-out1.startmail.com [145.131.90.139]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9BE7E0883 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:30:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=startmail.com; s=2017-11; t=1529739100; bh=jo4js3ELcD1s9X8pP0nlQQnp3RbG5X8goYdYp36mZes=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=sfqQtZuS3XC8boNfFvSvfFdAk921KZ+3Mwm+W5Yb8P3tX7SwBIE4Rzt0HDTz71fWg 8LcCBEYLzcyHiwsrQ8P4V5w2pb2F7NeS8Aj5ury+DKjDN2nd04DhHsFYwPhlUU4HT6 IqxK1Qt2qy0P8uEB3qyoLH4zZcASeDk8P2DKEIhIoMZqpFtecHHq/EIhkcUHapMDCY 4hdJBIk7tjpNXd9S9Lq98mZJqeu11E0aAtt+2fC5H+huDzMwSK39+uTPw1Xc05sFwA 81cYwCm4QKwX3jEqhMpeWrvspv5UnuL0krZlb3dYcpKWR0JNZK2QDfPqJTyufSJYnz VK5sA+j0aYAcQ== From: "Marty E. Plummer" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Idea for a new project: gentoo-libs Message-ID: <20180623073030.wdrjfrcv3swqwfkx@proprietary-killer> References: <20180623025046.djmsv44moxuqkv6t@proprietary-killer> <1529738520.21177.5.camel@gentoo.org> 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=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1529738520.21177.5.camel@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 04ee6d4d-eb84-4182-8eef-fab220656253 X-Archives-Hash: 00e2ad0ba8e20f66988af4f370b3c576 On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 09:22:00AM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: > W dniu pią, 22.06.2018 o godzinie 21∶50 -0500, użytkownik Marty E. > Plummer napisał: > > So, as you may be aware I've been doing some work on moving bzip2 to an > > autotools based build. Recently I've ran into app-crypt/mhash, which is > > in a semi-abandoned state (talking with the maintainer on twitter atm), > > and I was thinking it may be a good idea to set up a project for keeping > > these semi-abandoned and really-abandoned libraries and projects up to > > date and such. > > > > Basically, an upstream for packages who's upstream is either > > uncontactable or is otherwise not accepting bug fixes and patches. So > > far I can only think of app-crypt/mhash and app-arch/bzip2 but I'm sure > > there are others in this state. > > > > So in order to fix problem of semi-abandoned packages, you're creating > an indirect herd-like entity that will soon be semi-abandoned itself > because people will be dumping random packages into it and afterwards > nobody will claim responsibility for them. > > -- > Best regards, > Michał Górny No, I mean for packages which are important enough in gentoo to warrant such treatment. For instance, every email I've tried for bzip2's upstream bounced or recieved no reply. That, I assume, is important enough to actually maintain and improve. Any other library which may be as important which are as inactive would be added.