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 07F771381F3 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5340E081D; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:20:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC0FBE07F9 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:20:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id cb5so125834wib.9 for ; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:20:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=g37O2VbcfFz8Kuz8squQnc4eNgZ9v4jObzUodHz+rxo=; b=P3QzescUdeHXbzo0TAhfBtF93HoUteznaTnHzfHIqUr9UBdLAYtrpjixA9OGKQmEsm 3KxPXsVgAzDAIPm9njHtYnn+7FSwzXqu/qcTKFbhmILf/OGu/YXIxHf9EHqkUP04KveL YajhbSxYCbiDBdilN/4kNTuyU3wzeW4P85FvYg5NiOulzdWWJOdSQPdZexExQ+LFSNgB pyzG0xhtxBu26z3Rzxo/Te5hSoV0iYRZdsnSeac4Viv8TxIXjyKmRe1KdA1x/KypYMXY pA4YQJRLoX2DrUex5ONW2xbRo91lbZphwYuIurPl4TT3E/iSMEJfdQu7kYpgCL34S0rR u99Q== X-Received: by 10.180.74.10 with SMTP id p10mr9393262wiv.39.1370517623427; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:20:23 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.136.115 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 04:19:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20130606175516.7ef1bd4d@archtester.homenetwork> From: Markos Chandras Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:19:43 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lyzSBMb0KqqivBcjZotvpqV6KQI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: last rite of dev-python/elixir To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: dfde0b92-5f6a-4587-b1bf-783eb4511e67 X-Archives-Hash: b5d940b117e3c0d9bb73af3314f5e855 On 6 June 2013 11:32, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > IAN DELANEY posted on Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:55:16 +0800 as excerpted: > >> # Ian Delaney (06 Jun 2013) >> # Masked for removal in ~ 30 days. Upstream inactive dev-python/elixir > > Where's the bug reference one would normally expect to see with such an > announcement? > > AFAIK, simply inactive upstream hasn't traditionally been enough to > trigger removal, as long as the package still builds and has no serious > bugs, and is still either legally mirrored and redistributable, or > remains legally available from an otherwise inactive upstream. > > Of course if there's serious bugs (including that it's no longer > available to build in the first place), that's an entirely different > matter, but then there should be a reference to such bugs in the > announcement/mask, and there was no such reference in this case. > > -- > 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 > > I agree. If upstream inactivity is the only reason to remove it, then don't! -- Regards, Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang