From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC94138010 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:11:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5573BE0632; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:11:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A9E2E05DD for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id hm14so5746892wib.4 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OadE01M0lH7pdVpMX8JbsJIefDWfE/IOuN24yvLbksI=; b=k34KrQtg3V4LEupbCVBG0ieuLwuSY7UCXMvlhEFdF7pGEnqQv7DgXrJTtGjoChd2YS AAghusqVaeUGyAVdmxfb3HtYN12IIuBHZ6MJR1eJfApf+CUweBl9byuG6NqAAvHZL1Hv kktjjnvu+zxbF6hp410ovUPo5/nvBZASlaE/GqhAFYSGBq46OUifU772d76Zp64XriMH cfLHHv/Ym2WdOQ0jGpPomcORAaUz3hRo0H31w+tgeAsea2pJFcc8rre9cGkwVyUOtQVZ GuqgmlzrpkyUlVoogeDBRhu/8ERVnMx7MM+PZF3aeXFgaZnbM4EJTpphO9bjrL7kb51y Cs+w== X-Received: by 10.180.109.82 with SMTP id hq18mr12183191wib.0.1364127099865; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.74] (93-97-149-234.zone5.bethere.co.uk. [93.97.149.234]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r7sm15609031wiz.2.2013.03.24.05.11.38 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Markos Chandras Message-ID: <514EED78.2030601@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:11:36 +0000 From: Markos Chandras User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130313 Thunderbird/17.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform References: <514CE32C.7090509@gentoo.org> <20130324091557.ED2AB8B7870@amit.localdomain> <514ED8B5.4010505@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a26d1049-7944-4a5b-83ed-43e3431ea203 X-Archives-Hash: 6f5c752c25912a40222345130b34e663 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 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 - -- Regards, Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJRTu14XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQzNTVDNDczOUYzRjJEMTRGNDRGMzU2RkMw OUJGNEY1NEMyQkE3RjNDAAoJEAm/T1TCun88GI4QAKOzmCub0h0fstxDPDpMYp0k kufGTfBjaufOkv4DYY7h/h/WkMQCjqMupq7vEO76S0Bf8tpqg1So6UwPW2ac1YUy nmqVESresiHnsUHNEHTupUE+A055rohwEaOh4CBjbAYxtplZ8SlvRmRcS2F+xVcB fhcROxyz3UFqKn9ZX9p1k9WTlEA/xI4lXeCDigBA1qSG/JmYjw9Bx/KRwEFJU6yl hYozqNcvCkqyKVeYYP8sS1TK9wceO5Eim1sDTd4YzM7PMq2zTSfr6hGvaKBZC29i LUW4rE3+fNMSr3x2Waqvjyu2RoyJLu0qpo4cxB8otesiHdg9ZgQ160sJ86+sBrZg 4BadUYYqQKm+L3Pa4PuRulh18Q+BPnneLSA4B//eJvH2dKvzwaY9GIsXWvJJ77YN R3ysO/Ne+AzGhahs6JaMZJaaq9qxdiSeBXVasphdW47NNzS9L54usTeOdawHGAs/ bKYVr6Bo1qDr3KKWaoXmTQ+E85vC9LqYxdRsfEb+9AE8+8rO+NE0hFwhM75Yw4Gw U1clcv3PEuhI3P+7VttHHz5ftL0XMMNHx43vF/tXiymGFFPRIOQCXq5r8xRFnNaX ggqFPc7fzH/SqxzUpPWsZOhvUr5nHUjVbLVMWA/DULp5+Rikl++CoM/e42nH5111 gD8RNXAvntVEj2hc8+XB =GTZy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----