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 1RrnXH-0006k6-Mx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:28:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3D14E08AE; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38966E0712 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:27:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werb10 with SMTP id b10so3722928wer.40 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:27:32 -0800 (PST) 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 10.180.106.130 with SMTP id gu2mr25965011wib.6.1327915652362; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:27:32 -0800 (PST) Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: by 10.227.60.65 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:27:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120130091901.GA3436@ca.inter.net> References: <1327757384.3757.12.camel@belkin4> <201201281557.34414.vapier@gentoo.org> <20120129050150.GB3139@ca.inter.net> <201201291409.58116.vapier@gentoo.org> <20120130091901.GA3436@ca.inter.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:27:32 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: JGUINQJPDcNc9TMGQRtZEAyn814 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dropping localepurge From: Alec Warner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 3f739b93-6acd-4d55-8fb2-542ed67f52a3 X-Archives-Hash: 5e00f2c5f7fd110aa6677f81e530af2c On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > 120129 Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Sunday 29 January 2012 00:01:50 Philip Webb wrote: >>> Below is the output from 'localepurge' after this week's system update. >>> Please don't drop it till 'should' does =3D 'does'. >> the vast majority of that output comes from like 3 or 4 packages. > > All of it comes from =C2=A06 =C2=A0packages which I recently installed/up= dated : > =C2=A0evince gdk-pix-buf rekonq xkeyboard-config gnome-doc-utils sane-bac= kends > The total rubbish cleaned out for these =C2=A06 =C2=A0was =C2=A0> 9 MB . > The last =C2=A03 =C2=A0belong to major projects -- X Gnome Sane -- , > which suggests that other pkgs they manage may suffer the same defect. > >> file bugs if you want things to actually get fixed. > > No, that's not the way it should be handled. > Filing bugs -- =C2=A06 =C2=A0of them in this case -- is no guarantee of a= ttention even, > let alone action to fix the problem. =C2=A0Moreover, if it's fixable by G= entoo, > the dev involved should do it as a matter of course without needing a bug= . Wallpapering (and subsequently not reporting) the problem just means it will never be fixed. > > There is a perfectly effective script which cleans up the mess > & the only problem with it seems to be temporary lack of a maintainer, > who is not essential anyway if there's nothing which needs fixing > & should not be difficult to replace with a simple request for a voluntee= r. > > Please leave 'localepurge' where it is. > > -- > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D,= ,=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > SUPPORT =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ___________//___, =C2=A0 Philip Webb > ELECTRIC =C2=A0 /] [] [] [] [] []| =C2=A0 Cities Centre, University of To= ronto > TRANSIT =C2=A0 =C2=A0`-O----------O---' =C2=A0 purslowatchassdotutorontod= otca > >