From: Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [last rites] media-gfx/sodipodi
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:29:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44303443.1030309@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200604022220.54688.carlo@gentoo.org>
Carsten Lohrke wrote:
> Who said a package gets masked before it gets removed? There is no such
> requirement in the ebuild policy.
Come on. Is this a 'policy doesn't say I have to be sane' war? It's absolutely
reasonable to p.mask a package that is pending for removal. That way you give
the users a timeframe which they can search for alternative tools in. I don't
know whether policy does state this or not, I don't care. It's not like you
would get any bugs for a masked package. It's not like you would gain a lot of
space because you freed up 3 ebuilds and a few digests. It's not like you would
gain anything from removing it immediately. But those who use the package do
gain a lot from you giving them a hint to search for alternatives.
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Kind Regards,
Simon Stelling
Gentoo/AMD64 Developer
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-29 10:06 [gentoo-dev] [last rites] media-gfx/sodipodi foser
2006-03-29 23:55 ` Mark Loeser
2006-03-30 17:05 ` [gentoo-dev] up for removal timeframe foser
2006-04-01 17:18 ` [gentoo-dev] [last rites] media-gfx/sodipodi Carsten Lohrke
2006-04-02 2:48 ` Daniel Goller
2006-04-02 19:20 ` Carsten Lohrke
2006-04-02 19:31 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-04-02 20:20 ` Carsten Lohrke
2006-04-02 20:29 ` Simon Stelling [this message]
2006-04-02 21:23 ` Carsten Lohrke
2006-04-02 21:42 ` Marcelo Góes
2006-04-02 21:56 ` Andrej Kacian
2006-04-02 23:48 ` Alexander Gretencord
2006-04-03 11:21 ` Simon Stelling
2006-04-03 11:27 ` Simon Stelling
2006-04-03 14:41 ` Jan Kundrát
2006-04-03 16:17 ` Jan Kundrát
2006-04-02 20:33 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2006-04-02 21:18 ` Carsten Lohrke
2006-04-02 21:26 ` Jakub Moc
2006-04-02 22:15 ` Carsten Lohrke
2006-04-03 2:29 ` Daniel Goller
2006-04-02 3:52 ` Mark Loeser
2006-04-02 19:04 ` Alexander Gretencord
2006-04-02 19:12 ` Jan Kundrát
2006-04-02 23:36 ` Alexander Gretencord
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