Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform

[Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>]

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On 03/24/2013 11:22 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> 
> Markos - I'm not sure what can be done to try to better flush out
> user interest in taking care of packages that are on the verge of
> death. I'd suggest announcing pending removals before masking them,
> but I suspect that more often than not the only reason we get
> replies on -dev is that users notice the masks.  Maybe the package
> masks could have a webpage explaining how users can help rescue
> packages constructively, and include a link to it in mask notices.
> Since I've tended to be an advocate for not masking as quickly I
> might go ahead and toss something together.
> 
> Rich
> 
The masks are sort of announcements as you have 30 days to revert that
decision. Users who have that package installed, will get the message
after the emerge --sync && emerge -uDN world cycle. If they sync less
often (say once every 2 months) and not following any ML, then what
can I do? The process for rescuing a package is documented here[1] and
it takes about 15'' of google searching to find it.

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/index.xml#doc_chap7

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Regards,
Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang
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