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 37C7A138247 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:33:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D465FE0ACC; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:33:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9C9BE0AC0 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:33:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.14] (f055050198.adsl.alicedsl.de [78.55.50.198]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mrueg) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E81733F01C for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5280A447.8050707@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:32:55 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Manuel_R=FCger?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 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: [gentoo-dev] Package removal without proper last-riting X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kIIPsBBP6QxptIdDPNj4CFHiBtawoAL5x" X-Archives-Salt: 778806ab-903b-40ea-8015-8707dd49dbbb X-Archives-Hash: f69ac7076575224ac9bd17a6132a712d This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --kIIPsBBP6QxptIdDPNj4CFHiBtawoAL5x Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I recently noticed it twice, that it seems to be common practice to remove a package without using the methods described in [1], but just dropping it from cvs. =46rom my observations packages removed without last-rites could be characterized by this: - it was a dependency of another package - this package dropped / incorporated the dependency - no other packages depend on it - there are possible forks or updates, but maintainer doesn't care^W^W has no interest This might work for the main tree, but it won't for overlays, that might also depend on these packages (because they have a patched / older version of your maintained package). Please stop killing user experience or document this "feature" in [1]. Best regards, Manuel [1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/ebuild-maintenance/index.h= tml --kIIPsBBP6QxptIdDPNj4CFHiBtawoAL5x Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJSgKRNXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4MDA1RERERkM0ODM2QkE4MEY3NzY0N0M1 OEZCQTM2QzhEOUQ2MzVDAAoJEFj7o2yNnWNcTTQQAIhg/mup5BQH3MIpG1zgwomt CPDGEV1ev27WDPLn1fyI5RcqYg64+94qiYFFOIuiu0fEwQR8hrUdR1SDdceXHB80 5bsmalnk3lvIXqoFss0mpMPGjGg0bBIeWL+ikxo6yHZ2pjo82X3CXfDq0RXaZ+6q tEhXvERYCo1VrF1khdu5WH77WTq3YijThLkCstiqWdXb8FrCHpRzZ5ZCEwNkF+GQ WlPAqx3AxlGykvFOVDSff10ah3J0pC9cVSAJgM1qzizOWmt7glkuXcN4FBUYEEX8 88LWUUqLN4DDHofbj53y78/CehGENCLN7rxmWEKLIs9ZBvCm8y/OayGbGhV4iBa4 ykYkFnp1M2KVVSgYArdjPwnqVzjiFf7zdlXjF2gY+YAdZWNifvGd/yGwry6WY+xe sTEVlZdt625i5NpPB/QwJbXkGkD+dve1fJzI7hTeOCosy0Yt6G4kgDSSxiZbVVNh 208pmc3Ijn1gUAxwPJOB2c6ErjtFjo/PakwFRm8wi19iWJ/gTfzkXTKlIGmENqff dVwH2BDKlmMZn3eOmEuzUtzM7i31Dsv/wNW2UtUkzzuncloP21PFYiPqguGYdGyV 5pMho1GIhcm1Qyj1NkfgbtQySs5w8UKmTkYxTSVY66g+7IbZLMw4C6GAAJqi7UjK rPxmFLzz3I234GNrvU2L =FEif -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kIIPsBBP6QxptIdDPNj4CFHiBtawoAL5x--