Marius Mauch wrote:

>>If not, i *personally* could go slowly removing the entries, along
>>with other people willing to help, or any other _better_ suggestion
>>to deal with this?
>>    
>>
>
>Don't do this without explicitly checking with the maintainer for a
>package (if existant). Generally redundant entries in package.mask
>don't hurt, so if it's not absolutely clear that the entry is not
>needed anymore keep it.
>
>  
>

Hmm.. I fail to see why package.mask shouldn't be cleaned without
everyone's consent.
Assuming the script is correct, why would you contact the maintainer of
package foe when the oldest version in the current tree is bigger than
the masked one?