From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: eclass/php5_1.eclass
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:05:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTim-iotXMcQ-7-MmPI3OxS1YtYr3l5hCtpymBjBI@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100717172848.45a71984@gentoo.org>
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:23:03 +0200
> Matti Bickel <mabi@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> On 07/17/2010 09:58 PM, Matti Bickel wrote:
>> > since there's no dev-lang/php-5.1* version in the tree anymore, this
>> > eclass is useless. It will be removed on 17th August 2010.
>>
>> I've just been told by scarabeus that eclass removal is a two years
>> minimum process. So it'll be removed 17th August 2012 and marked #@DEAD
>> (deprived of functionality) in the next days.
>
> /me shakes his fist once again at the inanity of this policy.
>
>
Just remove it! If the council can not be bothered to help developers
develop but instead hinder developers from developing, then they are
no longer relevant and should be treated as such. Other course of
action could always be that they should all be kicked out and replaced
with a suitable organization to ensure Gentoo's technical and
developmental success.
--
Doug Goldstein
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-18 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-17 19:58 [gentoo-dev] Last rites: eclass/php5_1.eclass Matti Bickel
2010-07-17 20:23 ` Matti Bickel
2010-07-17 23:28 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ryan Hill
2010-07-18 20:05 ` Doug Goldstein [this message]
2010-07-19 7:46 ` Alex Alexander
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