From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Treeclean all maintainer-needed packages, was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:04:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D8F35EC.40405@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimnhZ1Xjj+meRTickhDh_GOL7o-HdxGfj+=ZxGi@mail.gmail.com>
Nirbheek Chauhan schrieb:
>>> I propose that we should be more aggressive about package.masking (for
>>> removal) all maintainer-needed packages from the tree by doing that
>>> one month after they become maintainer-needed. If someone doesn't
>>> volunteer to take care of it, it probably wasn't important anyway.
>>>
>>>
>> Uhm no. The fact that nobody takes care of it doesn't necessarily mean
>> that the package is broken and that it should be removed
>>
>
> I never said that such packages were broken. I'm saying that if no one
> wants to maintain them, they probably aren't needed by anyone, and we
> should clean such cruft from the tree.
>
> If they *are* needed by someone, then those folks should come forward
> to maintain it.
>
The only such package I would like to see go is net-misc/mDNSResponder.
And I am not convinced that having a maintainer listed in metadata.xml
makes the package automatically non-cruft, or that orphaned packages are
not at all cared about.
Best regards,
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-27 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2011-03-27 4:45 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml Jeremy Olexa
2011-03-27 7:47 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 10:29 ` Markos Chandras
2011-03-27 9:39 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 13:04 ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn [this message]
2011-03-27 15:37 ` Ryan Hill
2011-03-27 13:30 ` Jeremy Olexa
2011-03-27 13:43 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 19:17 ` Alec Warner
2011-03-27 19:40 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 20:17 ` Alec Warner
2011-03-27 21:25 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 23:34 ` Ryan Hill
2011-03-28 1:59 ` Donnie Berkholz
2011-03-27 20:44 ` Rich Freeman
2011-03-27 21:09 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-28 1:58 ` Donnie Berkholz
2011-03-27 21:28 ` René 'Necoro' Neumann
2011-04-05 4:26 ` Jeroen Roovers
2011-04-05 10:58 ` Alec Warner
2011-04-05 15:08 ` Jeroen Roovers
2011-04-18 17:56 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2011-03-27 13:44 ` Rich Freeman
2011-03-27 14:54 ` Tomáš Chvátal
2011-03-27 16:18 ` Rich Freeman
2011-03-27 14:08 ` Maintainership offering; was: " René 'Necoro' Neumann
2011-03-27 19:05 ` Jeremy Olexa
2011-03-27 20:20 ` Proxy maintainership of app-misc/pwsafe, was " Christopher Head
2011-03-27 20:47 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 20:55 ` René 'Necoro' Neumann
2011-03-27 20:55 ` David Abbott
2011-03-27 21:32 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-29 17:50 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2011-03-29 13:33 ` Jeroen Roovers
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