From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Packages masked for lack of maintainer, but metadata.xml says otherwise
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:56:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F2B1490.2010108@gentoo.org> (raw)
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Dear all,
there have been a number of packages masked lately due to lack of
maintainer. However, their metadata.xml does not list
maintainer-needed@g.o which I think should be the first step in
searching for a new maintainer. (The last being mask and treecleaning.)
The problem with this is that it keeps them off the radar[1] and also
formally prevents them from getting treatment from proxy-maintainers
or sunrise projects.
Is there anything that speaks against making metadata.xml tell the
truth? At least the following packages are affected:
# Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> (02 Feb 2012)
# Multiple security bugs: 284356, 341085, 369137, 384243, 401993
# No maintainer. Removal in 30 days
www-apps/twiki
# Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> (27 Jan 2012)
# Has developed into an unmaintainable mess, and everyone who
# knows about it is either retired or missing in action.
# Several minor bugs and one ugly security issues (#386271).
# Masked for removal because of lack of maintainer.
# Please try app-text/epdfview as light-weight replacement.
app-text/xpdf
# Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> (26 Jan 2012)
# No support for stable TIFF 4.x wrt #400925 with multiple
# other issues wrt #297150, #356083, #335864 and #318485.
# Version bump request been open since 2011-03-30 wrt #361187
# Unless fixed, removal in 30 days
<net-misc/hylafax-6.0.5
x11-misc/tkhylafax
# Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org> (22 Jan 2012)
# Mask compiz for last-rites unless someone steps up
# to maintain it. Removal in 30 days.
dev-python/compizconfig-python
x11-apps/ccsm
x11-apps/fusion-icon
x11-apps/simple-ccsm
x11-libs/compiz-bcop
x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-gconf
x11-libs/compizconfig-backend-kconfig4
x11-libs/libcompizconfig
x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-extra
x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-main
x11-plugins/compiz-plugins-unsupported
x11-themes/emerald-themes
x11-wm/compiz
x11-wm/compiz-fusion
x11-wm/emerald
Best regards,
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/maintainer-needed.xml
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next reply other threads:[~2012-02-02 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-02 22:56 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn [this message]
2012-02-02 23:21 ` [gentoo-dev] Packages masked for lack of maintainer, but metadata.xml says otherwise Markos Chandras
2012-02-02 23:44 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-02-03 1:10 ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2012-02-03 8:49 ` Samuli Suominen
2012-02-03 9:31 ` Alec Warner
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