Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: games-fps/openarena

[Michael Sterrett <mr_bones_@gentoo.org>]

I've remove the mask for games-fps/openarena.

The mask was done without consulting the games team.


On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 03/03/2010 02:58 PM, Ryan Hill wrote:
>>> Dne 3.3.2010 12:32, Joshua Saddler napsal(a):
>>>> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:35:10 +0200
>>>> Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> # Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org> (03 Mar 2010)
>>>>> # Masked for QA, security
>>>>> #
>>>>> # Internal copies of vuln. zlib, jpeg, speex and likely
>>>>> # others
>>>>> #
>>>>> # http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255453
>>>>> #
>>>>> # Masked for removal in 60 days.
>>>>> games-fps/openarena
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why? Why did you ignore the patches posted to the bug? Even Diego, the original reporter, commented that the patches fix the problems.[1]
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255453#c4
>>>
>>
>> One of the reasons I left the treecleaner project was that it became apparent
>> that people were more interested in dumping packages with simple problems
>> than fixing them (which believe it or not, was what treecleaner was formed to
>> do).  Now they call it QA. :)
>>
>> I'm all for dropping broken crap, but things people use with working patches
>> attached?  QA is also about getting that stuff applied.
>
> And now you have good 60 days to apply and test the package, and
> co-ordinate it with upstream.
>
> Don't forget to add yourself to metadata.xml, as it's a non-trivial task.
>
> ;-)
>
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