From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GT35j-0005Hh-Cx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:06:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8SL52H2026011; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:05:02 GMT Received: from egr.msu.edu (jeeves.egr.msu.edu [35.9.37.127]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8SL0Wa5030227 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:00:32 GMT Received: from [35.11.210.66] (warnera6.user.msu.edu [35.11.210.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by egr.msu.edu (8.13.7/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8SL0VSl028853 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:00:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <451C381D.5060408@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:01:17 -0400 From: Alec Warner User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060918) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Last rites for $package ... References: <20060928202827.GA20892@nibiru.local> In-Reply-To: <20060928202827.GA20892@nibiru.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e2e2eeca-f1c6-449a-9a4c-f0e7e0347014 X-Archives-Hash: 43a540d34f88e2089f9e3136311fb6c8 > > The problem was: someone (who's not reading this list) might be > interested in some package (or even had installed it) and now > gets trouble because its (from his view) sudden removal. My project is responsible for what I'd imagine to be the most tree removals; we have strict guidelines regarding packages. For instance; the package must have a bug filed against it; it gets masked for 30 days prior to being actually punted; you should always see e-mail on this list regarding both it's masking and removal...These are all things to ensure people are aware of what is going on; this is not some "hidden" process. > > An solution could be an database of packages scheduled for > removal. But this database has to be maintained. And it doesn't > seem that there's someone who's interested in doing this extra work. Or you haven't talked to me or Beandog at all; since he has been working on this a while (now with upgraded tools!). There has been a GPNL description on the Treecleaner project page since day one; since *I* wrote it. Yeah it's not up yet; yeah I'm removing packages anyway; hopefully with the GPNL it will be more obvious to some people; but then you still need to search GPNL to see what the heck is scheduled for removal. Frankly if you can't read the ML archives or search on bugs when a package you find is masked; then I don't really know where else to point you... -Alec Warner TreeCleaners Lead -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list