From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ONlyT-0004ex-R0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:07:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EE19E0ACD; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23829E088A for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:07:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so1990275fxm.40 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:07:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=qd2vvaxjfoh8/TRThhYVArMUoz1A8Hw87Pu4e+NYTwU=; b=NOvH3W2LCYHilUpM48QCRjQw/VmMgeMs/PuRjQo84k63OPa6XvN3uXVNeh2+jgHIwI e/MO5NR43b/NTAfKPr2AyBYUJVIb+9tpOvP2ggP7xY3kdqElG+YyGhxUaFyilR/N5WEn 8VSD+Iu6rKhyWeS4y07/fCqq81NkgwEhL+Rqs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=MsnLcVOEBpzeYKD6AMKktq3YVReFIQ1p+L16IYdKb5SIcpjwpVrNfXOGCMgAAw8SKi BekHmgQX9zPZhuWcNvocSOpmHxlC4Hg2hw2dUQ59H1UwdZK0EZDdcgdDyhFqiW8WsIhF 1sN2fDhji46SbznkA4CxJY4nWOJPFlaG7Tjdg= 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 Received: by 10.103.3.20 with SMTP id f20mr1220146mui.95.1276430832456; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:07:12 -0700 (PDT) Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.103.24.10 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:07:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20100613104143.4f61dbe7@pomiocik.lan> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:07:12 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jDcze6zVy649ISAFJ8EHmX4vqhM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Moving unmaintained packages to Sunrise From: Markos Chandras To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016364167e75953280488e8361d X-Archives-Salt: 24eeb740-b46a-47f5-8db2-a3ff64ec9e52 X-Archives-Hash: 5c3e4279cce812705c5f996f4c13f720 --0016364167e75953280488e8361d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you start moving maintainer-needed package on Sunrise then Sunrise will end up as a garbage collector overlay having many many ebuilds that nobody will actually maintain. If you care about maintainer-needed package then step up and proxy maintain it. The delay ( which is not that big if you cooperate with an active developer/herd ) might be a drawback but still... = I don't want sunrise to become a place where abandoned ebuilds will end up. On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny posted on Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:41:43 +0200 as excer= pted: > > > Wouldn't it be better to officially support moving unmaintained package= s > > directly into Sunrise? > > ++ > > I've thought something like that was needed for awhile, tho I'm not sure > it fits the sunrise theme too well. But if not there, surely somewhere, > and I see no reason to fragment overlays just for that, so sunrise is > good. =3D:^) > > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman > > > --0016364167e75953280488e8361d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you start moving maintainer-needed package on Sunrise then Sunrise will = end up as a garbage collector overlay having many many ebuilds that nobody = will actually maintain. If you care about maintainer-needed package then st= ep up and proxy maintain it. The delay ( which is not that big if you coope= rate with an active developer/herd ) might be a drawback but still... I don= 't want sunrise to become a place where abandoned ebuilds will end up.= =C2=A0

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Duncan <1i5= t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny posted on Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:41:43 +0200 as excerpt= ed:

> Wouldn't it be better to officially support moving unmaintained pa= ckages
> directly into Sunrise?

++

I've thought something like that was needed for awhile, tho I'm not= sure
it fits the sunrise theme too well. =C2=A0But if not there, surely somewher= e,
and I see no reason to fragment overlays just for that, so sunrise is
good. =3D:^)

--
Duncan - List replies preferred. =C2=A0 No HTML msgs.
"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master." =C2=A0Richard Stallman=



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